Bowel Incontinence

When you suffer from bowel incontinence you’ll experience a loss of control over your bowel movements. Ranging from a slight leakage to a complete evacuation, incontinence affects more than 5.5 million Americans. Bowel incontinence is especially common in older Americans, as the muscles controlling movement tend to weaken over time.

Of course, incontinence can be very embarrassing and many people will alter their activities rather than seek a solution. Many sufferers won’t discuss the issue with their doctors, not realizing that in many cases it can be corrected through treatment.

After taking a complete medical history, specialists at Celebration Colorectal will perform a physical exam as well as a digital exam of your rectum to determine the strength of your muscles and any irregularities that may be present.

Depending on the results of the exam, your doctor may perform additional testing, such as anal manometry, anorectal ultrasonogram, protography, proctosigmoidoscopy, anal electromyography or a pelvic MRI.

Based on the results of these tests, your colorectal specialist will recommend a course of treatment that will potentially mitigate the issue of incontinence.

If you're interested in learning more about bowel incontinence or sphincteroplasty treatments, please make an appointment with Celebration Colorectal today.