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| | SCI Pamphlets - Taking Care of Your Bowels - The Basics: Research |
 | | Both types of neurogenic bowel can be managed successfully to prevent unplanned bowel movements and other bowel problems such as constipation, diarrhea and impaction. | | | The bowel is where the waste products of eating are stored until they are emptied from the body in the form of a bowel movement (stool, feces). | | | A bowel movement happens when the rectum (last portion of the bowel) becomes full of stool and the muscle around the anus (anal sphincter) opens. |
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http://depts.washington.edu/rehab/sci/pamp_bowels01.html
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| | Dr. Koop - Irritable Bowel Syndrome- Health Encyclopedia and Reference |
| | However, when the nerves become "irritated" the muscle contractions may become too hard (causing abdominal pain), may stop (causing constipation and bloating), may accelerate (causing diarrhea and an urgency to have a bowel movement) or be a combination of all, causing the major symptoms of IBS. | | | Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a combination of intermittent abdominal pain with gassiness, crampy pain or bloating, and irregular bowel habits (i.e. | | | Normal bowel function varies widely from person to person, but doctors generally agree that normal bowel function ranges from three stools a day to three each week. |
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http://www.drkoop.com/encyclopedia/43/134.html
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Bowel incontinence |
| | Other antidiarrheal medications include cholinergic medications (belladonna or atropine) which decrease intestinal secretions and bowel motility, opium derivatives (paregoric or codeine) which increase intestinal tone and decreases bowel motility, and diphenoxylate (lomotil) which decreases bowel motility and slows the movement of stool through the bowel. | | | The person has a bowel movement by deflating the cuff. | | | Most people who have bowel incontinence due to a lack of sphincter control or decreased awareness of the urge to defecate may benefit from a bowel retraining program and exercise therapies aimed at restoring normal muscle tone. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003135.htm
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| | Bowel Management |
| | Spinal cord injury (SCI) affects all of the things that are learned in toilet training, i.e., the ability to know when a bowel movement is about to occur (sensation) and the ability to prevent a bowel movement (BM) from occuring until the time and place appropriate (motor control of the rectal sphincter). | | | The goal of a bowel program is to have regular bowel movements at a predictable time and frequency with a minimum of "accidents." This is not the same as "bowel control" and there is always the potential for accidents, especially when diarrhea occurs. | | | It does not affect the movement of food through the intestinal tract from the stomach to the large intestine. |
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http://www.spinalcord.ar.gov/Publications/FactSheets/sheets6-10/fact10.html
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 3, Ch. 32, Functional Bowel Disorders |
| | The pain is either colicky, coming in bouts, or a continuous dull ache; it may be relieved by a bowel movement. | | | Diagnosis of IBS is based on characteristic bowel patterns, time and character of pain, and exclusion of other disease processes through physical examination and routine diagnostic tests. | | | Features of IBS are pain relieved by defecation, an alternating pattern of bowel habits, abdominal distention, mucus in the stool, and sensation of incomplete evacuation after defecation. |
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http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section3/chapter32/32a.htm
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| | Bowel Transit Time |
| | Bowel transit time tests may be done by your health professional to evaluate the abnormal movement of food through your digestive tract. | | | Bowel transit times vary considerably, even when repeated on the same person. | | | Bowel transit time varies considerably, even when repeated on the same person. |
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http://my.webmd.com/hw/irritable_bowel_syndrome/hw200330.asp
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| | Colitis & Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| | As soon as the acute phase of the IBS is done and all pain is gone, a regular bowel movement should be starting. | | | Having the bowels cleaned, soothed and relaxed followed by being lost in the arms of your husband or wife massively helps to bring relaxation and relieve stress. | | | I have no problem with constant enemas, if normal colon function cannot be restored, however it is better to have the bowels contract and work on their own. |
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http://www.lifeknox.com/colitis.html
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| | Colon Cleansing, Constipation, Parasites, IBS - Online Resource |
| | I would have a bowel movement once a week and it wasn't thorough. | | | As a result of the Colonix plan, I lost 5lbs (this was over the Christmas Holiday so a miracle that I lost weight at all!) Since I finished, I have several bowel movements daily and feel much better. | | | I noticed that I was having bowel movements several times a day but not eating anything more than usual and I normally moved my bowels once a day. |
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http://www.DrNatura.com
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| | IBS Tales: Stories of IBS |
| | The pain is identical, however I may or may not pass the bowel movement, which sometimes can be absolutely terrifying. | | | With diarrhea, I would always get the relief from having the bowel movement, but the number of movements in one sitting could vary from one to dozens, painful cramps coming in waves before each loose stool. | | | IBS Tales is a site for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sufferers to tell their stories and read about the experiences of others. |
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http://www.ibstales.com
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| | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| | When it starts, there is a change in how often you have a bowel movement. | | | feelings of uncontrollable urgency to have a bowel movement | | | If they are able to have a bowel movement, there may be mucus in it, which is a fluid that moistens and protect passages in the digestive system. |
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http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs
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| | National MS Society Sourcebook: Bowel Dysfunction |
| | Enemas, suppositories and laxatives may be used in moderation to facilitate a bowel movement. | | | Bowel dysfunction can cause a great deal of discomfort and humiliation, and may aggravate other MS symptoms such as spasticity or bladder dysfunction. | | | Loss of bowel control in MS may be neurologic in origin or related to constipation, and should be evaluated by a healthcare provider generally a physician or nurse). |
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http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Sourcebook-Bowel.asp
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Intestinal obstruction |
| | Mechanical obstruction occurs when movement of material through the intestines is physically blocked. | | | Obstruction of the bowel may be caused by ileus-- in which the bowel doesn't function correctly but there is no "mechanical" (anatomic) problem -- or by mechanical causes. | | | In the newborn, paralytic ileus that is associated with destruction of the bowel wall (necrotizing enterocolitis) is life-threatening and may lead to infection in the infant's blood and lungs. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000260.htm
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| | Bowel Dysfunction with Systemic Scleroderma by the International Scleroderma Network (ISN) |
| | Elimination Problems Use this chart when you or a family member has pain, itching or blood with a bowel movement. | | | Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP) is a gastrointestinal motility disorder characterized by chronic symptoms and signs of bowel obstruction in the absence of a fixed, lumen-occluding lesion. | | | Late stage scleroderma bowel involvement is often marked by diarrhea, malabsorption, and bowel incontinence. |
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http://www.sclero.org/medical/symptoms/gi/bowels.html
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| | Constipation, impaction, and bowel obstruction: 503510 |
| | Constipation is the slow movement of feces (stool or body wastes) through the large intestine resulting in infrequent bowel movements and the passage of dry, hard stools. | | | Patients who have colostomies are especially at risk of developing constipation, which can lead to bowel obstruction. | | | A bowel obstruction may be caused by a narrowing of the intestine from inflammation or damage to the bowel, tumors, scar tissue, hernias, twisting of the bowel, or pressure on the bowel from outside the intestinal tract. |
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http://www.acor.org/cnet/503510.html
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| | Bowel Obstruction |
| | Someone with a complete obstruction may have a bowel movement if there is stool below the obstruction. | | | Most people who have small-bowel obstruction experience waves of crampy abdominal pain. | | | is in the small intestine (small-bowel obstruction) or the large intestine (colonic obstruction). |
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http://www.bchealthguide.org/kbase/topic/mini/uf4382/symptoms.htm
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Irritable bowel syndrome (functional bowel) |
| | The condition involves hypersensitivity to pain in the gut, combined with altered bowel habits resulting in diarrhea, constipation, or both. | | | For instance, there may be a disturbance in the muscle movement of the intestine or a lower tolerance for stretching and movement of the intestine. | | | Irritable bowel syndrome, by contrast, is not an inflammatory condition, but the symptoms may be very similar to those of inflammatory bowel disease. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000246.htm
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| | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| | He or she may ask questions about your bathroom habits, such as whether your bowel movements are regular, what your stools look like, and whether you ever feel like you need to have a bowel movement but then can't. | | | pain or discomfort that is relieved when a person goes to the bathroom and has a bowel movement | | | Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a somewhat baffling yet common intestinal disorder that affects the colon (the large |
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http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/digestive/ibs.html
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| | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| | Often the person has more frequent bowel movements when they have pain and the stools are looser. | | | Many experts think that it is a problem of bowel motility -- the muscles in the bowels don't contract normally -- affecting the movement of stool. | | | Abdominal pains or cramps, usually in the lower half of the abdomen that are aggravated by meals and relieved by having a bowel movement. |
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http://www.webmd.com/content/article/90/100655.htm
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| | Bowel Program in SCI |
| | Bowel Movements/Bowel Program in SCI Medications and Stimulants | | | Following is an illustration of the gastrointestinal tract and a brief discussion of the normal digestion and bowel movement processes. | | | This section will help you understand the bowel program that has been developed for you. |
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http://calder.med.miami.edu/pointis/bowel.html
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| | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| | Abdominal pain or discomfort which is often relieved by having a bowel movement. | | | Rectal pain or sensation of incomplete evacuation after having a bowel movement. | | | Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a very common gastrointestinal condition that is diagnosed when a person has any of a variety of abdominal symptoms and/or a change in bowel habits in the absence of detectable organic pathology. |
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http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~uoshc/IBS.html
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| | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| | Here's why an intestine gets "irritable." To have a bowel movement, the muscles in the colon and the rest of the body have to work together. | | | Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a fairly common problem with the way the large intestine (say: in-tes-tin) works. | | | If you have irritable bowel syndrome, you can take steps to minimize or prevent these symptoms. |
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http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/stomach/ibs.html
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 3, Ch. 32, Functional Bowel Disorders |
| | The pain is either colicky, coming in bouts, or a continuous dull ache; it may be relieved by a bowel movement. | | | These explanations form the foundation for attempting to reestablish regular bowel routine and individualizing therapy. | | | Diagnosis of IBS is based on characteristic bowel patterns, time and character of pain, and exclusion of other disease processes through physical examination and routine diagnostic tests. |
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http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section3/chapter32/32a.htm
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| | Colon Cleanse for Radiant Health |
| | During this program it is vitally important that one has regular bowel movements to keep the Toxin Absorber moving through the intestinal system. | | | You will experience an increase in your number of daily bowel movements with 3-6 daily movements as your target. | | | When you need to go it will be like a normal bowel movement and you will have plenty of time to find a toilet. |
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http://www.MarthaVolchok.com
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| | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| | Normally, this response may cause an urge to have a bowel movement within 30 to 60 minutes after a meal. | | | Symptoms of IBS may include crampy pain, bloating, gas, mucus in the stool, and changes in bowel habits. | | | The nerves can be overly sensitive to the stretching of the bowel (because of gas, for example), causing cramping or pain. |
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http://www.4woman.gov/faq/ibs.htm
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| | Colitis & Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| | As soon as the acute phase of the IBS is done and all pain is gone, a regular bowel movement should be starting. | | | Having the bowels cleaned, soothed and relaxed followed by being lost in the arms of your husband or wife massively helps to bring relaxation and relieve stress. | | | If they have irritable bowel syndrome and their parents know how to care for it properly, they will be receiving enemas. |
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http://www.lifeknox.com/colitis.html
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| | New surgery eases short bowel syndrome |
| | Colston's parents, Noah and Brandi Galloway, were referred to Edmund Y. Yang, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatric Surgery, when their baby was born prematurely and then failed to have a bowel movement in the first days of life. | | | It is hoped the surgery will help prevent the need for bowel and liver transplants in some babies born with Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS), a condition in which the intestines have become twisted and damaged. | | | Galloway had the first STEP procedure done to treat short bowel syndrome at the Monroe Carell Jr. |
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http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter?ID=3773
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| | Irritible Bowel Syndrome |
| | When diarrhea occurs, it is usually associated with great urgency to have a bowel movement, but generally not with pain. | | | A careful history of bowel habits, life style stress and emotional problems, along with a careful rectal examination which elicits pain in a tender rectum, are important signs and symptoms. | | | This goes along with the findings of no organic changes within the bowel itself. |
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http://www.well-net.com/prevent/irritablebowelsyndrome-1.html
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| | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| | The abdominal discomfort or pain is usually relieved with a bowel movement. | | | Many irritable bowel syndrome patients also report non-gastrointestinal symptoms such as fatigue, muscle pain, sleep disturbances, and sexual dysfunction. | | | Irritable Bowel Syndrome sufferers often report abdominal pain as primarily acute or a generalized ache with superimposed periods of abdominal cramps, although sharp, dull, gas-like, or nondescript pains are also common. |
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http://www.ibs-symptoms.net/overweightpersonwithshortbowelsyndrome
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