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Bowel Incontinence

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The inability of the anal sphincter to control the discharge of fecal and gaseous material

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Anus

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Opening at the end of the anal canal

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Bowel Training Program

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Program that manipulates factors within a persons control (timing of defecation, exercise, diet) to produce a regular pattern of comfortable defecation without medications or enemas

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Cathartic

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Medication that strongly increases gastrointestinal motility and promotes defection

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Colostomy

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An opening into the colon that permits feces to exit through the stoma

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Constipation

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Passage of dry, hard, fecal material

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Defection

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Emptying of the intestinal tract; synonym for bowel movement

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Diarrhea

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Passage of liquid and unformed stools

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Endoscopy

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Direct visualization of hollow organs of the body using an endoscope or flexible, lighted tube

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Enema

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Introduction of solution in the lower bowel

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Fecal Impaction

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Collection in the rectum of hardened feces that cannot be passed

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Fecal Incontinence

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Involuntary or inappropriate passing if stool or flatus

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Feces

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Intestinal waste products

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Flatulence

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Excessive formation of gases in the gastrointestinal tract

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Flatus

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Intestinal gas

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Hemorrhoids

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Abnormally distended rectal veins

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Ileostomy

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Opening into small intestine allows liquid fecal content from ileum to be eliminated through the stoma

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Laxative

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Drug used to induce emptying of the intestinal tract

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Occult blood

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Blood present in such minute quantities that it cannot be detected with the unassisted eye

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Ostomy

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General term referring to an artificial opening; usually used to refer to an opening created for the excretion of body wastes

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Paralytic Ileus

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Paralysis of intestinal peristalsis

with distention of the abdomen, nausea or vomiting, abdominal pain, and inability to pass stool or gas. It may occur after abdominal surgery, during an episode of peritonitis, or after the administration of some drugs (e.g., narcotics).

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Peristalsis

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Involuntary, progressive wave-like movement of musculature of gastrointestinal tract

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Stoma

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Artificial opening for waste excretion located in the body surface is

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Stool

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Excreted feces

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Suppository

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Oval- or cone-shaped substances that is inserted into a body cavity and that melts at body temperature

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Valsalva Maneuver

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Forcible exhalation against a closed glottis, resulting in increased intrathoracic pressure

Not recommend for individuals with cardiac issues

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Chyme

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Digested foods

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Return flow Enema

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Used to relieve flatus it is large volume flushed in the rectum in small amounts and allowed to run back into the container so the pt. can release gas (flatus)

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Dequamation

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Describes the top layer of the epidermis peeling away