How to treat incontinence in 90-year-olds

Dr. Aubrey Foster
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2025-05-20 12:33:16 Views: 65 times

90-year-old fecal incontinence is considered to be caused by hemorrhoids, ulcerative colitis, Alzheimer's disease, etc., and needs targeted treatment according to the cause. 1. Hemorrhoids is a common anorectal disease that can cause the muscles around the anus to fail to completely close, causing fecal incontinence. Patients need to adjust their diet and choose to eat foods rich in water and cellulose. Can be used under the guidance of a doctor hemorrhoids cream, sophora pills, hemorrhoids speed Ning tablets and other drugs for treatment.2, ulcerative colitis patients colon mucosa by inflammatory factors stimulation, can cause watery stool, will quickly fill the rectum, not easy to be controlled, and then can cause fecal incontinence. Patients need to pay attention to rest, can follow the doctor's advice to use sulfasalazine, dexamethasone, prednisone and other drugs to treat. If the disease is serious, if necessary, can do total colectomy plus ileal pouch anal anastomosis to treat. 3, Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease will affect the anus, pelvic floor, rectal nerve, and then cause fecal incontinence. Family members need careful care, regularly help patients clean up excreta. Patients can be treated with donepezil, rivastigmine, fluoxetine and other drugs under the guidance of a doctor.



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