off and on ..Constant urge to defecate/fecal…incontinence?
(I posted this on www.steadyhealth.com and copy/pasted it into here)
I’m a 16 year old male and I’ve had a frustrating bowel pattern for several months now. I have had off and on symptoms that start with a constant urge to defecate and which then turn into feces coming out without me even noticing, and thus I end up with soiled underwear and the like. As you can imagine, these symptoms have been very difficult to endure and I was wondering if anyone suffers the same thing or has any idea what this might be.
The symptoms follow a pattern that goes like clockwork. Here is one example:
(The dates are not indicative of actual times I had the symptoms, I just find them a good way to explain the timing of these symptoms.
September 1 – Constant urge to defecate comes on
September 5 – Constant urges make way to what can be described, at a guess, as mild to moderate fecal incontinence. The incontinence and urges will sometimes overlap.
September 25 – Just when the incontinence becomes unbearable, it suddenly disappears.
September 26-November 10 – No problems whatsoever, everything acts normal
November 11 – Urges creep up again and the cycle begins to repeat.
I should add that when I go to the bathroom I have bowel movements normal in size frequency and appearance regardless of whether or not the symptoms are present.
If anyone has any idea about this, or if you don’t know the cause but have the same symptoms as well,posting here would be deeply appreciated. 
its cause you’re a red sox fan…you root for shit, and you get shitted on. by the yankees that is. umad?
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What are foods, bath chemicals, or anything else that cause overflow incontinence or make it worse?
What are foods, bath chemicals, or anything else that cause overflow incontinence or make it worse?
Basically, I’m only 23 so I’d assume it not one of the scaryer causes.
are you sure it is not stress incontinence
Stress incontinence occurs during physical activity; urine leaks out of the body when the stomach muscles contract (for example, when sneezing, laughing, or even standing up from a seated position). Stress incontinence is most commonly caused when the urethra (the tube from the bladder to the outside of the body) is hypermobile because of problems with the muscles of the pelvis. A less common cause of stress incontinence is a muscle defect in the urethra known as intrinsic sphincter deficiency. The sphincter is a muscle that closes off the urethra and prevents urine from leaving the bladder and passing through the urethra to the outside of the body. If this muscle is damaged or deficient, urine can leak out of the bladder. Obviously, some people may have both.
Stress incontinence is the most common type of bladder control problem in younger and middle-aged women. In some cases, it is related to childbirth. It may also begin around the time of menopause. Stress incontinence affects 15-60% of women and can affect young and older people. It is especially common in young female athletes who have never given birth, and it occurs while they are participating in sports.
Can Camelbak bladder use common chlorine pill for water treatment?
Can I use a common chlorine pill to clean my water inside my Camelbak bladder???
Will it produces any sideeffect?
Are there any better option ?
I’m sure it would be fine, just use a little. Be sure to rinse very well.
Camelbak also makes tablets to clean a bladder:
http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___67621
and a cleaning kit:
http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___67891
8. Which of the following statements regarding oral therapy in the treatment of neurogenic bladder dysfunction?
8. Which of the following statements regarding oral therapy in the treatment of
neurogenic bladder dysfunction is true?
A. Detrusor muscle contraction is mediated through sympathetic activation and results
in calcium influx into the detrusor cell.
B. Oxybutynin acts primarily by blocking calcium channels.
C. M3 receptors are most important in mediating detrusor contraction.
D. Oxybutynin is a selective M3 receptor blocker.
E. Anticholinergic medications also assist in cases of incomplete emptying by increasing
detrusor contractility.
C is the correct answer
How should I talk to my doctor about incontinence?
i’m a 21 year old male and otherwise healthy. i very occassionally have difficulty holding urine and sometimes wet the bed. i was going on a long trip recently and brought absorbent underwear just in case. should i talk to him about absorbant "protection" too?
i don’t know how this ended up in this section. but i’d appreciate answers anyway.
Tell him/her exactly what you just shared with millions of Yahoo!Answers users…
19 y/o male constant light bladder leakage?
I’m 19 and a guy and it seems like I’m constantly dripping a little, i don’t feel it and its not a lot, just always have a small wet spot in my underwear, also after urinating if i sit down after like on a chair i can feel a little squirt, i do not go to the bathroom excessively maybe once every 4-6 hours, depends on how much liquids i drink. pretty soon i’m gonna be buying girls panty liners and i so don’t want to do that obviously, i read about Urinary Incontinence in Men and it doesnt seem to fit: diabetes; no, Stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis; no, Overactive bladder; no (urination eight or more times a day; no, the sudden, strong need to urinate immediately; no, urine leakage that follows a sudden, strong urge to urinate; no), Spinal cord injury; no, benign prostatic hyperplasia; no, Radical prostatectomy; no, External beam radiation; no, basicly everything prostate is no. i do have a nerve desese: Monomelic Amyotrophy, it is rare and even more rare for white north amaricans like me, but as far as i know it only really effects the extemities, ex. mine has "plateaued" with only effecting my left arm past my elbow, mostly effecting my fingers. as far as i know Monomelic Amyotrophy doesnt effect the bladder.
I will repeat, the amount of times i urinate in a day is normal, not excessive
Since you do not fit the normal demographic – family history of Monomelic Amyotrophy (MMA) – nor the usual ethnicity, is it possible that your MMA was caused by a viral infection or spinal injury?
You are certainly correct, Monomelic Amyotrophy, Hirayama’s disease, Sobue or Juvenile Progressive amyotrophy doesn’t appear to have other symptoms that one sees in other motion disorders so loss of muscle tone in your bladder would be odd.
What seems to be happening is incomplete emptying. ‘I’m only familiar with this issue because my husband has PD and BHP. What we have found is that to expedite more complete bladder emptying, a urinal is out of the question. Sitting (back) and forcing the bladder to empty seems to help when he is not too impatient. In his case the problem is not leakage but having to go again within minutes. When he takes the time, the problem does not occur.
It may be that that urine is simply collecting in the widest part of your urethra and not being voided. You can help with your hand by using gentle pressure behind your scrotum to force out any remaining urine.
You can also try exercise to strengthen the pelvic muscles. Kegeling can be done anywhere as you tense, hold and relax your pelvic muscles. To be effective Kegeling should be done several time a day with at least 50 reps per session. You may not need it but it couldn’t hurt.
You know a lot about MMA so you also know that if you begin to add symptoms you need to revisit your diagnosis with your neurologist.
Will using an indwelling catheter and alpha blocker muscle relaxer cause incontinence?
I’ve read some confusing information, and deduced some uncertain information from it as well…
1. Will using an indwelling foley catheter cause urinary incontinence? After how long?
2. Will muscle relaxers cause the muscles to lose strength or effectiveness, especially alpha blockers and sphincters in the urinary tract and prostate?
3. Will the combination of the two above cause more likely and/or more rapid loss of effect of the sphincter muscles?
Ask the doc dude!
Is this "incontinence"? Management solutions?
i’m a 21 year old healthy male. but my whole life i have wet the bed (though less often-about once a year now). also, occassionally find it difficult to hold urine and seem to have a small bladder. it’s not new, and it’s not a daily problem but i am a 21 year old male and this should not be happening. is this technically incontinence? should i consider absorbent products for long trips? etc…
No, incontinence is not having any control whatsoever. If I’m blatantly honest, I sometimes wet the bed. Like you, it’s stopped a lot now, I haven’t done so in a long time, but I do just suddenly need the loo and need to crouch down to hold it. I went to the doctor with my mum last year and apparently I have low desmopressin levels, which restricts the amount of urine produced over night etc. I can take tablets every night but I don’t choose to since it’s not going to make the problem go away completely, and there’s not much point at night any more.
Good luck x
Male incontinence after colonoscopy?
My cousin had a colonoscopy on the advice of his doctor, as he is over 50 years of age. Everything seemed to go well, no cancer etc. However the following day, he started to notice that he was leaking urine and could notControlol it. Six weeks later. it is even worse. I’m 55 and my doctor wants me to have a colonoscopy, I’ve put it off as I’m concerned after what happened to my cousin.
Is there any reason for this to occur? My cousin was in great health before and never had this problem
I do know that he is now seeing a urologist and apparently his prostrate is good. He is going for some more urology tests next week
Your cousin should consult a Urologist, I have never heard of a correlation between a colonoscopy and incontinence. I would wager your cousin has a prostrate problem like an enlarged prostrate or something in the urinary track causing the problem.
Does Medicare help pay for urinary incontinence products?
My elderly aunts spend quite a bit of their monthly income on incontinence items. Does anyone know if Medicare will help pay for the products they need?
No, medicare does not pay for incontinence products (diapers,underpad aka chucks, urinals). They can pay for catheters though.
