What to do about fecal incontinence in the elderly after a fall

Elderly people who are incontinent after a fall need to go to the hospital in time for relevant examinations to clarify the cause of the disease and then carry out symptomatic treatment. Fecal incontinence after a fall may be caused by brain lesions or lumbar spine injuries, which need to go to the hospital for brain CT or lumbar spine X-ray examination to clarify the diagnosis. If it is caused by acute cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction and other brain lesions, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to use drugs to reduce cranial pressure (such as mannitol) or antiplatelet drugs (such as pioglitazone) to treat the condition, and if the condition is serious, you may be hematoma removal or intervention to remove the embolus and other related surgeries. If it is caused by lumbar spine injury, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to take oral blood circulation drugs with acupuncture to treat, if the injury is more serious, but also need to carry out surgical treatment, after the condition improves the incontinence of fecal symptoms will also become better. We need to strengthen the care of the elderly, to avoid the elderly fall.