Diseases

Fecal Incontinence

Failure of voluntary control of the anal sphincters, with involuntary passage of feces and flatus.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Failure of voluntary control of the anal sphincters, with involuntary passage of feces and flatus.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Bowel Incontinence
  • Incontinence, Bowel
  • Incontinence, Fecal
  • Fecal Soiling
  • Soilings, Fecal

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

of organic origin: differentiate from ENCOPRESIS, of psychological origin

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70(66)

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WI 603

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Fecal Incontinence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005242. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005242
  2. Fecal Incontinence. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_incontinence
  3. Fecal Incontinence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1147182