• Successful therapy requires prevention and treatment of fecal impaction with oral laxatives or rectal therapies, increased dietary fiber, family education about withholding behaviors, and behavioral interventions. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • Management in children and infants aged ≥ 6 months involves clearing fecal impaction and initiating maintenance therapy with behavior modification and oral laxatives . (amboss.com)
  • The presence of a mass or palpable fecaloma on abdominal examination might suggest the presence of fecal impaction (inability to pass/evacuate hard and large diameter stools) which often causes abdominal pain or fecal soiling. (medicaldialogues.in)
  • The rectum ampulla stores fecal waste (also called stool) before it is excreted. (wikipedia.org)
  • About 85% of people have a hard stool (fecal ball) present in the rectum after waking up, which is not the same as being constipated. (medicalhomeportal.org)
  • Waves of muscular contraction (known as peristalsis) in the walls of the colon move fecal matter through the digestive tract towards the rectum. (wikipedia.org)
  • Per abdomen or per rectum examination reveals fecal mass. (medicaldialogues.in)
  • Oral polyethylene glycol is the preferred laxative for fecal disimpaction and maintenance therapy in infants , children, and adolescents . (amboss.com)
  • In most cases, it is the consequence of chronic constipation and resulting overflow incontinence (see the images below), but a minority of patients have no apparent history of constipation or painful defecation. (medscape.com)
  • Overflow incontinence. (medscape.com)
  • Overflow incontinence (a frequent or constant dribble of urine) results from an inability to empty the bladder and occurs in people with a damaged bladder, blocked urethra or neurological damage. (coloplast.us)
  • With overflow incontinence you may feel as if you never completely empty your bladder. (coloplast.us)
  • Incontinence and retention can also be age related, or result from an underlying physical disease, caused by a dysfunction in the bladder. (coloplast.us)
  • Bladder problems typically take the form of urinary incontinence (leaking urine) and urinary retention (inability to empty the bladder) and can arise from neurogenic disorders such as spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis and spina bifida. (coloplast.us)