Fecal Urgency: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Fecal Urgency

Codes R15 Fecal incontinence R15.0 Incomplete defecation R15.1 Fecal smearing R15.2 Fecal urgency R15.9 Full incontinence of feces [icd10data.com]

CASE: We report a case describing the use of sacral neuromodulation therapy in a patient with urgency urinary and fecal incontinence who had a previously implanted spinal [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fecal urgency also must be differentiated from fecal incontinence because urgency may be related to medical problems other than anal sphincter disruption. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Hemorrhoids

Non significant trends in favor of SH were seen in pain, pruritus ani, and fecal urgency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fecal Urgency A trend in the proportion of patients complaining of fecal urgency was seen to be higher in the SH group at final follow‐up (5 studies, 373 patients, OR 1.26 [doi.org]

A 10, 25, 26, 28 Stapled hemorrhoidopexy causes less postoperative pain, pruritus, and fecal urgency than excisional hemorrhoidectomy. [aafp.org]

Pediatric Crohn Disease

Tsianos, Severity of Fecal Urgency and Incontinence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 19, 11, (2450), (2013). [dx.doi.org]

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Type 1

Tsianos, Severity of Fecal Urgency and Incontinence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 19, 11, (2450), (2013). [doi.org]

Pseudomembranous Colitis

Other signs and symptoms include : Abdominal cramps and pain Fever (which may be higher than 101 F) Urge to have a bowel movement (fecal urgency) Pus or mucus in your stool [knowyourdisease.com]

115 Colonic involvement often presents with non-specific symptoms, including fever, weight loss, malaise, abdominal discomfort, watery or bloody diarrhea, hematochezia, fecal [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

urgency, and tenesmus.114,116,117 Severe infection can be complicated by acute hemorrhage from large ulcerations, or toxic megacolon in AIDS patients or those with concomitant [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis

Patients may have one or more symptoms, including: persistent diarrhea abdominal pain and/or cramps fecal urgency intestinal bleeding fever weight loss While these symptoms [crohnscolitisfoundation.org]

Ulcerative Proctitis

urgency, and blood or mucous passage per rectum or mixed with stool. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] or proctosigmoiditis is not increased. 1 DIAGNOSIS The symptoms of ulcerative proctitis are those of a nonspecific proctitis and include tenesmus, lower abdominal pain, fecal [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ulcerative Colitis

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterized by abdominal cramping, fecal urgency and bloody diarrhea. [doi.org]

Ulcerative colitis is a long‐term (chronic) inflammatory bowel disease characterized by pains (abdominal cramping), a need to rush to the toilet to pass feces (fecal urgency [doi.org]

Rectal Ulcer

[…] incontinence and urgency are a possible complication) and with anismus (paradoxical contraction of the pelvic floor during attempted defecation). [56] The operation has been [en.wikipedia.org]

frequency or intermittent fecal incontinence. [10] It has been observed that intussusceptions of thickness ≥3 mm, and those that appear to cause obstruction to rectal evacuation [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] surgery (40%–75% of patients). [5] [9] Post operatively, both mean resting and squeeze pressures were increased. [5] Constipation is improved in 50% of cases, [5] but often urgency [en.wikipedia.org]

Endometriosis

Endometriosis Overview Endometriosis is the development of uterine-lining tissue outside the uterus. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, heavy periods, and infertility. Treatment options include pain relievers, hormones, and surgery. [webmd.com]

Jejunal Diverticulosis

We report the sonographic appearance of jejunal diverticulosis in 4 cases. Jejunal diverticula appear as multiple peri-intestinal hypoechoic structures on sonographic examination. Many diverticula show communication with the bowel lumen. The diverticular neck formed by the prolapsed mucosal and submucosal layers can[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Panic Disorder

Snapshot A 30-year-old man arrives at the ED stating in distress that he had " a heart attack." The event started suddenly and was associated with diaphoresis, chest pain, tachycardia, and tachypnea. Troponins and ECG are within normal limits. Upon further questioning, he reports some numbing around his lips and[…] [step2.medbullets.com]

Perianal Abscess

PURPOSE: The features of perianal abscess and fistula-in-ano in infants are different from those of older children, and there is controversy regarding their treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of various methods used for their management. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Colonic Crohn Disease

Abstract Tumor necrosis factor-alpha, a proinflammatory cytokine, might have an important role(s) in initiating, modifying, and/or sustaining chronic inflammatory processes such as those that characterize Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology. We used an immunogold ultrastructural[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rectal Foreign Body

The impacted rectal foreign body often poses a management challenge. Ideally, such objects are removed in the emergency department utilizing a combination of local anesthesia, sedation, minimal instrumentation, and manual extraction. In some instances, simple manual extraction is unsuccessful and general anesthesia[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rectal Trauma

Bosarge, P. L., Como, J. J., Fox, N., Falck-Ytter, Y., Haut, E., Dorion, H. A., ... Gonzalez, R. P. (2016). Management of penetrating extraperitoneal rectal injuries: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 80 (3), 546-551.[…] [jhu.pure.elsevier.com]

Radiation Proctitis

These patients presented with at least two of the following symptoms: rectal bleeding, abdominal/rectal pain, diarrhea, or fecal urgency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Radiation proctitis is specific to the rectum, often causing fecal urgency with cramp-like rectal pain, and bloody stools. [lcrx.com]

and fecal incontinence. [en.wikibooks.org]

Functional Encopresis

R15.9 Full incontinence of feces R15.1 Fecal smearing F98.1 Encopresis not due to a substance or known physiol condition R15.0 Incomplete defecation R15.2 Fecal urgency 90% [5minuteconsult.com]

[…] incontinence R15.0 Incomplete defecation R15.1 Fecal smearing R15.2 Fecal urgency R15.9 Full incontinence of feces R15.- ) The following code(s) above F98.1 contain annotation [icd10data.com]

[…] incontinence ) urinary or fecal incontinence preceded by a sudden, uncontrollable impulse to evacuate (see also urgency ). [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Rectocele

Generally, minor postoperative complications were frequent, fecal urgency the most common. However, fecal urgency showed a decrease with time. [duo.uio.no]

Bowel symptoms included straining, splinting, incomplete emptying, painful defecation, fecal urgency, and fecal incontinence. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

urgency, and rectal bleeding are complications that can occur in patients who undergo to this procedure. [scielo.br]

Diversion Colitis

During the survey, most patients mistook fecal frequency or urgency for diarrheal symptom. [wjgnet.com]

Third, 25 patients developed LARS with fecal frequency, urgency or incontinence after rectal cancer surgery. [wjgnet.com]

Low anterior resection (LAR) for rectal cancer can leads to severe bowel dysfunction with fecal frequency, urgency and incontinence[17-19]. [wjgnet.com]

Proctitis

These symptoms include: • Itching • Burning • Pelvic pressure • Fecal urgency (though diarrhea is uncommon) • Odorous discharge • Rectal bleeding (generally bright red in [healthguidance.org]

and fecal incontinence. [en.wikibooks.org]

urgency Diarrhea Blood and or mucus in the stool Bowel Leakage I could go on but you get the point This list is similar to most of the ‘-itis’ type inflammatory bowel diseases [flaminggut.com]

Prolapsed Hemorrhoids

urgency after stapled hemorrhoidectomy, although rare, has been reported. top Video Reference 1. [hemorrhoid.net]

Time Frame: 1year ] The volume of specimens [ Time Frame: 1year ] The number of patients with anal pain after surgery [ Time Frame: 2 years ] The number of patients with fecal [clinicaltrials.gov]

Gaining access to the anal canal can be difficult and the tissue may by too bulky to be incorporated into the housing of the stapling device. 8) Persistent pain and fecal [hemorrhoid.net]

Brainerd Diarrhea

Patients typically experience 10-20 episodes per day of explosive, watery diarrhea, characterized by urgency and often by fecal incontinence. [hetv.org]

Pouchitis

Symptoms of active pouchitis include diarrhea, increased stool frequency, abdominal cramping, fecal urgency, tenesmus (feeling of constantly needing to pass stools), and incontinence [cochrane.org]

Symptoms include diarrhea, increased stool frequency, abdominal cramping, pain in the pouch, fecal urgency, tenesmus (feeling of constantly needing to pass stools), and incontinence [karlalim.com]

Traveler's Diarrhea

urgency, tenesmus, mucoid stools or hematochezia. [symptoma.com]

Fecal urgency is usually also associated with traveler' diarrhea. [doi.org]

[…] comprises the passage of three or more unformed stools within 24 hours and at least one of the following symptoms: fever, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain or cramps, fecal [symptoma.com]

Anal Disorder

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R15 R15 Fecal incontinence R15.0 Incomplete defecation R15.1 Fecal smearing R15.2 Fecal urgency R15.9 Full incontinence of feces R15.- ) The following [icd10data.com]

[…] with the filling of the rectum for fecal matter in the bowel to pass through the anal canal. [pelvicpainhelp.com]

Anoscopy is recommended over flexible sigmoidoscopy to examine the anal canal to determine whether fissures, inflammation, or mechanical obstruction are contributing to fecal [gut.bmj.com]

Gallbladder Perforation

In the entire group, gastrointestinal symptoms were prevalent and included flatulence (40%), loose stools or fecal urgency (35%), belching (23%), and nausea (4%). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Congenital Bile Acid Synthesis Defect Type 2

Signs and symptoms[edit] Watery diarrhea, steatorrhea, and other gastrointestinal symptoms such as bloating, abdominal pain, fatigue, "brain fog", fecal urgency, and fecal [en.wikipedia.org]

Neonatal Inflammatory Skin and Bowel Disease Type 2

The social stigma associated with fecal urgency or surgical ostomy can be extreme. Some children develop comorbid anxiety and depression. [medicalhomeportal.org]

The child with gassy abdominal pains and bloating, or with primarily periumbilical pain, who has no diarrhea, no fecal urgency, and normal growth is unlikely to have IBD. [medicalhomeportal.org]

Physical Exam General Monitor for fecal urgency, nighttime stooling, abnormal stools, fevers, malaise, fatigue, oral or genital ulcers, symptoms of arthritis, and rashes. [medicalhomeportal.org]

Choledochal Cyst Type 3

Summary Our patient presented with fecal urgency, diffuse pruritis, and an abdominal mass to her primary care physician and was found to have jaundice and scleral icterus [facs.org]

urgency, diffuse pruritis, and an abdominal mass. [facs.org]

Words choledochal cyst; biliary obstruction; cholangiocarcinoma Case Description A 40-year-old previously healthy woman presented to her primary care physician with new fecal [facs.org]