Symptoms of fecal incontinence in babies

Fecal incontinence is a very common phenomenon. It is most common in newborn babies, but some middle-aged and elderly patients with systemic diseases may also suffer from fecal incontinence, such as cerebral stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, etc. These diseases may lead to hemiplegia or paralysis, which will make the patient unable to take care of themselves and thus suffer from fecal incontinence. But in the following article, the editor will introduce the symptoms of fecal incontinence in babies.

Anal incontinence refers to the loss of normal control at the exit of the lower end of the digestive tract, which includes different connotations and different degrees, such as the inability to control defecation during sleep, fecal leakage during flatulence and inability to control loose stools, until the complete inability to control flatulence and defecation.

The diagnosis of this disease can be preliminarily established through analysis of medical history, including symptom manifestations and clinical analysis of the primary cause. Visual examination revealed scars and deformities from previous surgery or trauma at the anus, as well as fecal contamination. Rectal examination reveals relaxation of the anal canal or poor sphincter contraction function, and the clinical diagnosis can be established.

Anal incontinence has different causes and degrees, so the clinical manifestations are also different. The manifestations of some cases are masked by the main lesions, such as patients with brain trauma and cerebrovascular accident, who are unconscious and have feces and urine in their beds. In addition to paying attention during nursing, people should focus on the treatment of the brain condition.

In cases of Hirschsprung's disease, the main symptoms are constipation, abdominal distension, and extreme abdominal distension. Due to the large amount of feces filling the colon, the coordinated function of the colon and rectum is out of control. In addition, due to the lack of intestinal wall nerves and the pressure of hard feces on the rectum, anal incontinence occurs and feces leak out from the hard feces.

Among patients with common anorectal surgery complications of anal incontinence, some cases have mild symptoms and complain of being unable to control their loose stools during diarrhea. Some patients complain of frequent mucus and feces contamination of the perineum. Some patients also complain of being unable to control their bowel movements at will or at night. There are also varying degrees of uncontrollable manifestations such as leakage of feces during exhaust.

The above article introduces some symptoms of fecal incontinence in babies, the main one being the inability to control their bowel movements. However, when babies are born, they have no awareness of controlling their bowel movements, so they often poop in their diapers. Only when the baby grows up and has the awareness of defecation and urination, can you slowly teach the baby to go to the toilet by himself. However, some fecal incontinence is also pathological.