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Urinary and Fecal Incontinence due to Stenosis
Spine Health | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
@reets70 You are bringing up a topic a lot of people don’t think about. Incontinence can happen from spinal cord damage. If this is a new symptom for a patient, that is a change that should be an immediate discussion with a spine specialist. If the nerve cells involved in controlling these functions die from compression, it becomes a permanent problem. That being said, spine surgery may not be a good outcome for an older person. It could leave a patient in a lot of pain and there wouldn’t be a guarantee of fixing the problem.
I have helped my elderly parents in a similar situation, and I know it can be uncomfortable for everyone.
What did your medical providers advise?
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Started having issues with bowel incontinence. Thought it might be due to my spine hardware, or spine in general. had a CT myelogram & my spine surgeon said it was not from my spine, he said it must be from Arachnoiditis Just have it sometimes, not all the time. I already have a permanent suprapubic catheter, neurogenic bladder due severe paralysis from MRSA. I am going to look into options, as fecal incontinence as it could ruin a lot. I think i recently saw some device?? for this issue, Will ask my neurologist & find out more. Seems they are developing a lot new technologies & i am not ready to give up all social life just yet. my spine surgeon is fantastic at what he does. But not sure he's up to date on this issue, or arachnoidits in general Bowel incontinence is far more than an inconvenience. Hard to leave the house if you're worried about this situation