What should women do if they have fecal incontinence?

Many people have had the trouble of fecal incontinence in their lives, and fecal incontinence causes great psychological harm to women. Many people feel very uncomfortable when this happens outside. Not only do they often feel embarrassed, but their family members also worry about it. However, many people don’t know what to do? They also don’t know how to properly care for fecal incontinence? Today, let me introduce the care measures for fecal incontinence.

Measure 1: Health Education

Experts say that if the condition permits, caregivers should guide patients to drink enough fluids and teach patients to perform anal sphincter and pelvic floor muscle contraction exercises to help the anal sphincter regain control. The specific method is: the patient sits, stands or lies down, tries to urinate (defecate), first slowly tightens the pelvic floor muscles, then slowly relaxes, about 10 seconds each time, 10 times in a row, 5 to 10 times a day, until the patient does not feel tired.

Measure 2: Pay attention to the indoor environment

Pay attention to the indoor environment and open doors and windows regularly for ventilation to remove bad odors and keep the air fresh.

Measure 3: Rebuilding defecation ability

Pay attention to the patient's behavior before defecation, understand the patient's defecation time and pattern, and provide a bedpan when appropriate. For patients with irregular bowel movements, they can be given trial bowel movements using a bedpan at regular intervals to help establish a defecation reflex.

Measure 4: Pay attention to skin care

Pay attention to keeping the skin around the anus clean, put rubber sheets and medium sheets on the bed or use urine pads, and replace them immediately if they are contaminated; wash with warm water after each bowel movement, and apply ointment around the anus to protect the local skin and prevent pressure sores.

Measure 5: Pay attention to psychological care

Experts point out that fecal incontinence caused by any reason will cause great psychological pressure on patients. Nurses should understand and respect patients and enthusiastically provide necessary help to eliminate patients' tension, shyness, anxiety, inferiority and other emotions.

The above five points are very effective care measures for fecal incontinence. For the sake of the health of your family or yourself, I hope everyone can keep them in mind and take good care measures in daily life. This can help us stay away from fecal incontinence and prevent the occurrence of other diseases. In addition, if fecal incontinence occurs, it must be dealt with in a timely manner to keep the anus clean.