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Digestive & GastrointestinalModerate
Faecal Incontinence
Colorectal & Proctology · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Moderate
Severity
Common in older adults — affects an estimated 8-10% of adults, particularly increasing with age
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Colorectal & Proctology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by damage to the anal sphincter muscles during childbirth
- 2prior anal or rectal surgery
- 3or chronic straining
- 4as well as nerve damage from diabetes
- 5spinal cord injury
- 6or neurological conditions affecting bowel control signals. Other contributing factors include chronic diarrhea
- 7rectal prolapse
- 8and inflammatory bowel disease. Weakening of the pelvic floor with age also reduces the ability to maintain continence.
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