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| July 15, 2005 | Boschert, Sherry | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. -- The prevalence of fecal incontinence ranged from 3% of women in their 30s and 40s to nearly 15% of women in their 80s and 90s in the first large epidemiologic study of fecal incontinence among women living in a U.S. community.

Overall, more than 7% of the 3,536 women who returned mailed surveys reported fecal incontinence, defined as accidental loss of stool at least monthly. Of those with fecal incontinence, 47% said they used pads for sanitary protection, and 53% said the problem caused them to alter their lifestyle, Jennifer Melville, M.D., and her associates reported in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of…

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