What is Fecal Incontinence?

Poo Goes Home to Pooland is an educational book for kids about the causes, treatment, and consequences of fecal incontinence in children. It helps them learn to recognize the different types of body odors and how to deal with them.

What is Fecal Incontinence?

It’s a condition in which a person cannot control bowel movements. While a normal poo should be odorless, some people produce an odor and some also have a dark, globby stool. Poop might be produced in various ways: by itself, in response to a stimulus, or as a result of another medical problem. Some people who have fecal incontinence go on to develop a habit of not pooping.

A person might have fecal incontinence in a range of different body parts. It can vary from a sudden, unexpected poo that is easy to deal with to a daily, unpredictable leak that may have a longer-lasting effect.

What causes Fecal Incontinence?

It can result from a variety of causes. Some of these are normal conditions that are not linked to the condition itself. The key symptoms include:

You are more likely to have fecal incontinence when you have an injury, after an operation, or when you are stressed.

Fecal incontinence is sometimes linked to another medical problem. Some conditions linked to fecal incontinence include:

The bowel is not functioning properly. You may have one or more problems that affect your bowel: constipation, inflammation of the bowel or colon, bowel obstruction, slow bowel transit time, poor muscle tone, problems with your continence mechanism, and so on.