That's why it's so important to alert your physician about this problem as soon as it arises. Fecal incontinence that develops over time and not as a direct result of childbirth or injury is often more difficult to repair because it is related to the aging of the body, which is generally irreversible. Overall, people do not cope well with any type of incontinence, so fecal incontinence remains humiliating and degrading. Society generally, and wrongly, views losing control of one's excretory functions as losing self-control. They are not the same thing.
Fecal incontinence is a physical problem that can be treated.
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