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Incontinence is the general term for both. Encopresis is inability to control the excretion of feces, and enuresis for urine.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoIncontinence is the term used to describe the condition of having no control over bladder and bowel emptying.
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∙ 13y agoincontinence
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∙ 7y agoThe medical term is enuresis.
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∙ 6y agoDysuria
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What does it mean when a person has a problem with continence?
If someone has a problem with incontinence it could mean that they lose control of their bladder, or they lose control of their bowels. This is a common problem if someone suffers from dementia.
Will diapers make you incontinent?
No. Control of the bowels (actually, the sphincter muscle) and bladder are learned skills. Loss of control is usually related to nerve damage, which wouldn't be caused by wearing diapers.
Can being on birth control too long affect your bladder?
There are no known effects, short- or long-term, of birth control on bladder function.
What does void their bowels mean?
it means to empty your bladder and defecate
What are the short term effects of quadriplegia?
The following are some symptoms of quadriplegic; loss of limbs sensation, incontinence of bladder and bowels, breathing difficulties, impotence, and urinary incontinence.
Does void mean to vomit?
The term void is normally used to indicate a voiding of the bladder (peeing) or voiding of the bowels (poohing). It is not normally used to indicate a voiding of the stomach, this is called vomiting.
Do people soil themselves in death?
When the body dies, there is a loss of muscle control. Without the muscles around the sphincter and bladder holding/contracted the bowels and bladder completely relax and are evacuated. Think about a baby who is in diapers; they have not yet learned how to control those muscles on their own so without that muscle control they just soil themselves. It is the same upon death.
How long does it take the bowels and bladder to evacuate after death?
This depends upon the trajectory of death, and whether or not the bowels and bladder had any contents. But when a person dies such muscles are released immediately, so would bowel and bladder content.
What is it mean when you have a change in your bowels or bladder sores will not heal and unsual bleeding or discharge?
Heart disease
Why 3 holes in women?
One leads from the bowels, one leads from the bladder and one leads from the uterus !
What is the medical term meaning no bladder?
There is not a medical term for the phrase no bladder.
What happens to the urine in your bladder when you die?
At the point of death... all your muscles relax - thus any urine in your bladder would be simply released down your urethra.
