What causes urinary and fecal incontinence in the elderly

For the elderly, incontinence occurs for the following reasons: First, it can be caused by Alzheimer’s disease, also known as Alzheimer’s disease, which is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. Alzheimer’s disease with the progression of the disease aggravated, the patient can appear a serious decline in cognitive function, life can not take care of themselves, incontinence. For Alzheimer’s disease, patients can be given oral lithospermum or donepezil hydrochloride as appropriate. At the same time, adequate care should be given in living and living. Clinical incontinence in the elderly can be caused by brain diseases, such as paracentral lobule lesions are occupations, infarcts and hemorrhages in the paracentral lobule of the urinary and fecal centers, which can lead to urinary and fecal incontinence in the elderly. The incontinence of the elderly can also be caused by calcification of the prostate gland, malfunction of the bladder, and relaxation of the anal sphincter, etc. If necessary, you need to consult the anorectal department, urology, etc.