Any Large Intestine's segment can be responsible for this symptom. Fecal Incontinence It is defined as being the incapacity to control the evacuation . May be only for flatus, liquid stools or total, for solid stools. Main related diseases are Spastic Colon , Inflammatory Diseases of Colon and Colon Cancer . Spastic Colon Spastic Colon is a functional colon disorder characterized by diarrhea alternating with constipation, with diffuse abdominal pain of varied intensity.
Causes of disease are unknown , pain seems to be caused by colonic spasms without organic lesion.
Treatment is medical, with medicines as antispasmodics, intestinal regulators and ansiolitics, since stress fulfils an important role in this illness. They are two different diseases, but related, the Cronh's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, both without definite causes, but with an important immunologic component. They are chronic diseases that after onset continue lifetime with alternate remissions and acute crisis, yielding inflamatory-like lesions on colon, with cancer's potential after decades of illness. Treatment is essentially with medicines, but surgical in complications, such as intestinal perfurations, fistulas or cancer transformation. Ulcerative Colitis is only a colonic and rectal disease, it doesn't attack terminal ileum.