prevention of fecal & urinary incontinence
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Management
- behavioral changes
- avoid obesity
- increase physical activity
- improve diet
- don't smoke
- pelvic muscle exercises (Kegel exercises) may benefit
- women in 1st year after delivery
- older women
- men who have had prostate surgery
- management of comorbidities
- avoidance of routine episiotomy during labor can prevent fecal incontinence[1][2]
More general terms
Additional terms
- fecal incontinence; anal incontinence; bowel incontinence; includes: encopresis
- urinary incontinence (UI)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Landefild CS et al, National Institues of Health state-of-the-science conference statement: Prevention of fecal and urinary incontinence in adults. Ann Intern Med 2008, 148:449 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18268289
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shamliyan TA et al, Systematic review: Randomized, controlled trials of nonsurgical treatments of urinary incontinence in women. Ann Intern Med 2008, 148:459 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18268288