What should I do if my 7-year-old child has fecal incontinence?

Fecal incontinence is a very troublesome situation. Generally, it only occurs in some elderly people who have lost their physiological functions. If children have fecal incontinence, they are also some infants and young children who have not learned to go to the toilet by themselves. If a 7-year-old child has fecal incontinence, it should be taken seriously. At this age, he can go to the toilet by himself. It is abnormal behavior. What is going on?

Congenital malformation of the anus, congenital lumbar meningocele or spina bifida may be accompanied by anal incontinence. The patient's external sphincter and puborectalis muscles lose their normal innervation. And because both the sensory and motor systems are affected, the rectal mucosa lacks a sense of expansion when filled with stool, and cannot arouse the urge to defecate or initiate the action of defecation.

Anorectal malformation causes changes in the anorectum itself and the pelvic structure. The higher the blind end of the rectum is, the more obvious and complex the changes are. In high-position deformity, the blind end of the rectum is located above the pelvic diaphragm. It is filled with fat tissue and the muscle fibers are abnormally and disorderly arranged. Its etiology is mainly related to the deformity accompanied by defects in the sensory and motor nerve tissue structure.

Due to traumatic damage to the anorectal ring, the sphincter loses its sphincter function and leads to fecal incontinence. Such as puncture wounds, cuts, burns, frostbite and lacerations.

Neurological diseases are common in brain trauma, brain tumors, cerebral infarction, spinal cord tumors, spinal tuberculosis, cauda equina injury, etc., which can all lead to fecal incontinence.

The most common anorectal disease is anorectal tumors; rectal cancer, anal canal cancer, Crohn's disease invading the anorectum and affecting the anal sphincter, or anal relaxation caused by rectal prolapse, as well as severe scars around the anus affecting the anal sphincter, resulting in anal atresia, can all cause fecal incontinence.

It is recommended that you take your child to the hospital for a more detailed intestinal examination. If it is confirmed that there are some anorectal problems, it is best to treat them in time. Otherwise, if the child often has fecal incontinence, it will not only be physically unhealthy, but there will also be a lot of bacteria, which will also affect the child's self-esteem and psychological growth.