Fecal Urgency
You experience sudden urges to pass stool
You experience sudden urges to pass stool
You experience an inability to stop the urge to pass stool
You experience leakage of stool with activity or without awareness
Follow up with your doctor to discuss advanced therapy options
Your doctor and his or her clinical team will follow a patient care pathway, which is a roadmap of the different treatment options available to you. The pathway starts with conservative treatments and then moves on to the advanced therapies.
Would you like to connect with someone who understands the unique
challenges of living with bowel dysfunction?
References:
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2. Bharucha AE, Zinsmeister AR, Locke GR, et al. Prevalence and burden of fecal incontinence: a population-based study in Gastroenterology. 2005;129(1):42-49.
3. McCrery R, Lane F, Taylor C, Padron O, Blok B, Wachter S, Pezzella A, Gruenenfelder J, Pakzad M, Perrouin-Verbe MA, Le Normand L, Van Kerrebroeck P, Mangel J, Peters K, Kennelly M, Shapiro A, Lee U, Comiter C, Mueller M, Goldman HB. Treatment of urinary urgency incontinence using a rechargeable SNM system: 6-month results of the ARTISAN-SNM study. J Urol. E-publication ahead of print July 26, 2019.