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... EndoNurse - Study Finds Fecal Incontinence Prevalent in Women Current Issue Webinars Search EndoNurse Advanced Search Name: Email Address: Delivery Format: HTML TEXT Manage Subscriptions Laboratory Evaluation of Endoscope Water Bottles Study Finds Fecal Incontinence Prevalent in Women Posted on: 01/19/2006 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 (FI) 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 incontinence also had another medical condition, such as major depression or diabetes, and often experienced urinary incontinence in addition to FI.

The findings are reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

“Increased attention should be paid to this debilitating condition, especially considering the aging of our population and the available treatments for FI,” says senior author Dee E.

Fenner, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and director of gynecology, at the University of Michigan Medical School.

“It is very important to the health of women that clinicians a...

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Many individuals have no symptoms and the disease is detected because of abnormal lab test results.

Liver failure may occur after 7-15 years or possibly longer.

There is currently no specific treatment.

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