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Source: University of Michigan Health System Released: Tue 17-Jan-2006, 09:40 ET Printer-friendly Version Women’s Silent Health Problem: Study Finds Fecal Incontinence Prevalent LibrariesMedical News KeywordsFECAL INCONTINENCE BOWEL WOMEN'S HEALTH PREGNANCY Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters onlyDescriptionNew research shows that fecal incontinence is prevalent among U.S.

women, especially those in older age groups, those who have had numerous babies, women whose deliveries were assisted by forceps or vacuum devices, and those who have had a hysterectomy.

It’s a topic that is discussed so infrequently – for reasons that are easy to understand – that it may seem it isn’t much of a problem.

But new research shows that fecal incontinence is prevalent among U.S.

women, especially those in older age groups, those who have had numerous babies, women whose deliveries were assisted by forceps or vacuum devices, and those who have had a hysterectomy.Many women in the study who had fecal inco...

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