ElderlyAge
Anal Incontinence
Physiological aging reduces the muscular activity of the anal sphincter and the nervous perceptions which allow its control.
The after-effects of trauma are sometimes causes of incontinence (accident, anal or hemorrhoidal operation, laborious childbirth, colonic tumor, homosexuality or anal sexuality, etc.)
Possible neurological causes: paraplegia, spinal cord injury, stroke, dementia, illness of Alzheimer's disease.
Fecal impaction can be responsible for rectal oozing.
Other causes are possible: sectioning of the nerves which control the anal sphincter, fracture of the pelvis (pelvis), congenital anomaly of the anus, side effect of a medication...
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