{"id":555770,"date":"2026-05-21T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/?p=555770"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:47:29","slug":"fecal-incontinence-from-the-perspective-of-gastroenterology-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/fecal-incontinence-from-the-perspective-of-gastroenterology-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fecal incontinence from the perspective of gastroenterology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fecal incontinence is a medical problem that significantly impairs the quality of life of those affected, but often remains undiagnosed and untreated due to the sufferer&#8217;s sense of shame. It is estimated that around 500,000 to 700,000 people in Switzerland suffer from incontinence. It affects people of all age groups, but is more common in older people. In the over-50 age group, more than twice as many women as men are affected. The reasons for this often lie in past birth trauma, but also in the different anatomy.    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Ffecal-incontinence-from-the-perspective-of-gastroenterology-2%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fecal incontinence is a medical problem that significantly impairs the quality of life of those affected, but often remains undiagnosed and untreated due to the sufferer&#8217;s sense of shame. It&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Ffecal-incontinence-from-the-perspective-of-gastroenterology-2%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":555788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Incontinence  ","footnotes":""},"category":[11548,22615,11391,11297,11388,11503],"tags":[86817,13947,70714,86815,57768,25339,57812,14755,86819,86819],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-555770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rx-en","category-cme-continuing-education","category-gastroenterology-and-hepatology","category-general-internal-medicine","category-nutrition","category-studies","tag-anatomy","tag-diagnostics","tag-diarrhea-en-2","tag-dietary-fiber","tag-fecal-incontinence","tag-fodmap-en","tag-psyllium","tag-quality-of-life","tag-sphincter","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 04:28:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":555772,"slug":"lincontinence-fecale-du-point-de-vue-de-la-gastroenterologie-2","post_title":"L'incontinence f\u00e9cale du point de vue de la gastroent\u00e9rologie","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/lincontinence-fecale-du-point-de-vue-de-la-gastroenterologie-2\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":555773,"slug":"lincontinenza-fecale-da-una-prospettiva-gastroenterologica-2","post_title":"L'incontinenza fecale da una prospettiva gastroenterologica","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/lincontinenza-fecale-da-una-prospettiva-gastroenterologica-2\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":555774,"slug":"a-incontinencia-fecal-na-perspetiva-da-gastroenterologia-2","post_title":"A incontin\u00eancia fecal na perspetiva da gastroenterologia","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/a-incontinencia-fecal-na-perspetiva-da-gastroenterologia-2\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":555771,"slug":"la-incontinencia-fecal-desde-una-perspectiva-gastroenterologica-2","post_title":"La incontinencia fecal desde una perspectiva gastroenterol\u00f3gica","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/la-incontinencia-fecal-desde-una-perspectiva-gastroenterologica-2\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555770"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555799,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555770\/revisions\/555799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=555770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555770"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=555770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}