Name
FAECAL INCONTINENCE
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. NORMAL SPHINCTERS & PELVIC FLOOR - FAECAL IMPACTION - CAUSES OF DIARRHOEA LIKE INFECTION , INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE - FAECAL FISTULA - COLOSTOMY 2. ABNORMAL SPHINCTERS & / OR PELVIC FLOOR A. MINOR INCONTINENCE 1 - INTERNAL SPHINCTER DEFICIENCY - PREVIOUS SURGERY ( ANAL DILATATION , SPHINCTEROTOMY ) - RECTAL PROLAPSE - THIRD DEGREE HAEMORRHOIDS - IDIOPATHIC 2 - MINOR DENERVATION OF EXTERNAL SPHINCTER & PELVIC FLOOR B. MAJOR INCONTINENCE 1. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF ANORECTUM 2. TRAUMA - ISTROGENIC - OBSTETRIC - FRACTURE OF THE PELVIS - IMPALEMENT 3. DENERVATION - OBSTETRIC - RECTAL PROLAPSE - PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY LIKE DIABETES - CAUDA EQUINA LESION ( TUMOR OR TRAUMA ) - TABES DORSALIS - LUMBER MENINGOMYELOCOELE ( SPINA BIFIDA ) 4. UPPER MOTOR NEURONE LESION A. CEREBRAL - MULTIPLE STROKE - METASTASES & OTHER TUMORS - TRAUMA - DEMENTIA & OTHER DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS B. SPINAL - MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - METASTASES & OTHER TUMORS - DEGENERATIVE DISEASES ( VIT B12 DEFICIENCY ) 5. RECTAL CARCINOMA 6. ANORECTAL INFECTION ( LYMPHOGRANULOMA ) 7. DRUG INTOXICATION PARTICULARLY IN ELDERLY
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
X-RAY HIP JOINT A.P. AND LAT. VIEW, X-RAY LUMBER SPINE A.P. & LAT. VIEW, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, BIOPSY, BLOOD SUGAR ( RANDOM )