Advice: Pooped your pants? Try increasing fiber in your diet. Research shows it can help.
based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found fecal incontinence affects about 8 percent of U.S. adults.
Since people often don’t bring it up on their own, I’ve made it a point to ask my patients directly about it because effective treatments are available. Increasing fiber in the diet is one of the first things I recommend. Three of my colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital were part of a group that researched this: In a study involving about 60,000 older women, they found that a high-fiber diet was associated with aIt sounds counterintuitive, but fiber is useful to bulk up looser stool and promote water absorption by the colon. It’s also helpful for constipation, which is a common cause of fecal incontinence due to overflow diarrhea.
Beyond constipation, fecal incontinence can be caused by common underlying issues such as diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and lactose intolerance. It can also be a sign of certain health conditions, like diabetes and even neurological problems.But it’s possible there’s no underlying “diagnosis” driving the fecal incontinence.
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