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The other incontinence

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Loss of bowel control is utterly embarrassing and debilitating. Two new treatments are helping sufferers get their lives back. Henry Parkman, director of the GI Motility Laboratory at Temple University Hospital, said doctors call fecal incontinence the "silent affliction." Even when they visit a specialist, patients with it may say they've come due to diarrhea. Doctors are learning that they have to ask.