Bowel incontinence affects both men and women and can be one of the most humiliating experiences an individual can encounter thus causing high levels of stress and anxiety.
Incidence of incontinence increase with age and can include incontinence of liquid or solid stool, incontinence of flatus, this can be with urgency whereby you are unable to control the urge to defaecate, or, it can be passive, whereby you may have had no warning of requiring the toilet.
Physiotherapy management can strengthening the pelvic floor muscles to support the pelvic organs.
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