What to do if children have fecal incontinence?

Children are the flowers of the motherland, and they should be treated according to whatever diseases they have. Parents will definitely be very anxious. When a child suffers from fecal incontinence, it is not only the child who suffers, the parents are also troubled. After reading this article, parents don’t have to worry. Medicine has found treatment options for children’s fecal incontinence. So how do they treat it? Is it medication? Let’s go and take a look together.

Fecal incontinence in children refers to a functional digestive tract disease in which abnormal fecal excretion patterns persist after the age of 4. It is mainly distinguished from the occasional incontinence in patients with diarrhea such as acute bacillary dysentery and acute enteritis.

1. Medical history includes questions about congenital anal malformation, surgery, trauma history, birth trauma history for female patients, diseases of the nervous system and urinary system, whether the patient has received radiotherapy; the severity of current incontinence, frequency of bowel movements and nature of stool, and whether the patient has the urge to defecate.

2. Physical examination can achieve three purposes through rectal examination, endoscopy, defecography, electromyography, etc.

① Determine whether there is anal incontinence. If there is anal defect, loose anal sphincter closure, eczema on the perianal skin, etc., it can provide evidence of anal incontinence.

② Determine the degree of incontinence: In case of complete incontinence, the anus can be seen to be open in a round shape. By pulling the buttocks apart with hands, the rectal cavity can be seen. Rectal examination shows that the anal sphincter and anorectal ring do not contract obviously, and in severe cases, they may disappear completely. Incomplete incontinence means that the anus is not tightly closed and rectal examination reveals weakened sphincter contraction.

③ Determine the cause of incontinence: For example, traumatic incontinence, scar tissue may be palpable during rectal examination; voluntary muscle damage, abnormal pelvic floor electromyography, etc.

Differentiation diagnosis editor: It is mainly differentiated from the occasional incontinence of stool in patients with diarrhea such as acute bacillary dysentery and acute enteritis. However, the bowel movements of these patients can be controlled at will in most cases, and most patients have abdominal pain and bloody or watery stools. After symptomatic treatment, the occasional fecal incontinence disappears as the diarrhea symptoms ease and the stool becomes formed. Fecal incontinence mainly involves differentiating between causes, including neurological disorders and injuries, muscle dysfunction and damage, congenital diseases, etc.

1. Keep doing pelvic floor exercises, 30 times each morning and evening;

2. Massage Zusanli, Guanyuan, Changqiang and other acupoints;

3. These therapies have certain effects on anal incontinence.

If your child has fecal incontinence, mothers don't need to worry too much. Sometimes, some diseases or abnormal phenomena do not necessarily require medication. It may be due to lack of exercise. For example, for this disease, just let the child exercise more, but if the situation is serious, you may need to seek medical attention.