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Relief means more confidence. Less worry. And getting your life back.
Learn more about the therapyThere are many ways to manage bowel control problems. If conservative treatments don’t deliver the results you need, you have more options.
Follow these steps to find the right treatment, regain control, and live more fully and confidently.
If you’re experiencing the symptoms of bowel control problems, it’s time to meet with a faecal incontinence specialist. This doctor may ask you to fill out a symptom tracker to get a better idea of your daily experience and help confirm your diagnosis.
Symptoms of chronic faecal incontinence (FI) include:
Conservative treatments can help some people, but may not work very well (or at all)
for others. All of these are relatively simple behavioral changes that you may already
be doing.
If conservative treatments don’t deliver the results you want, you have more options.
Implanting a neurostimulator has risks similar to any surgical procedure, including swelling, bruising, bleeding, and infection. Talk with your doctor about ways to minimize these risks. Complications can occur with the evaluation, including movement of the wire, technical problems with the device, and some temporary pain. Your doctor or nurse will provide you with the information regarding how to operate the test device, and inform you of other precautions related to the evaluation and activity restrictions.
This gel is injected as an implant into the anal canal to thicken the tissues and improve symptoms of chronic FI.
Several other surgical options are available, all of which bring their own unique set of risks.
Bowel Control Therapy treats chronic fecal incontinence (an accident or leaking involving stool). Bowel Control Therapy should be used after you have tried other treatments such as medications and behavioral therapy and they have not worked, or you could not tolerate them. In addition to risks related to a surgical procedure, complications from this therapy can occur and may require surgery. Patients should always discuss the potential risks and benefits of the therapy with a physician. This therapy is not for everyone. A prescription is required.
Hull T, Giese C, Wexner SD, Mellgren A et al. Long-term durability of sacral nerve stimulation therapy for chronic fecal incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum. 2013;56(2):234-245.