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2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Urinary and fecal incontinence have economic and psychological repercussions.

"Failure to control the elimination of urine or stool causes psychological stress, complicates medical illnesses and management, and has major economic consequences. Patients often describe the impact of both fecal and urinary incontinence in terms of shame and embarrassment and report that it causes them to isolate themselves from friends and family. Incontinence frequently results in an early decision to institutionalize elderly relatives because families have difficulty coping with incontinence at home," scientists writing in the journal…

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