Fecal Urgency: Clinical and Manometric Characteristics in Patients With and Without Diarrhea.

Vikram RanganJudy NeePrashant SinghSarah BallouJohanna IturrinoWilliam HirschAnthony Lembo

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2020)

In patients with diarrhea, fecal urgency is associated with rectal hypersensitivity, whereas in patients without diarrhea, fecal urgency is associated with urinary urge incontinence. This suggests that fecal urgency has different pathophysiological mechanisms in patients with different underlying bowel habits.

Keyphrases

urinary incontinence
irritable bowel syndrome
end stage renal disease
clostridium difficile
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
drug induced