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2004 SEP 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health care providers should talk to their patients about new treatments that offer hope for patients with fecal incontinence.
"Fecal incontinence can affect individuals of all ages and in many cases greatly impairs quality of life, but incontinent patients should not accept their debility as either inevitable or untreatable," scientists writing in the journal Lancet report.
"Education of the general public and of health-care providers alike is important, because most cases are readily treatable. Many cases of mild incontinence respond to simple medical therapy, whereas patients with more advanced incontinence are…
Source: HighBeam Research, There are promising treatments for fecal incontinence in adults.