Bowel control problems affect millions of Americans and you know better than anyone how they can interrupt your life. While these problems are common, they are not a normal part of aging.
Patients with chronic fecal incontinence experience:
- Frequent bowel accidents (often referred to as bowel incontinence)
- Inability to resist the urge to go
- Inability to feel when you need to go
- Planning activities around the bathroom
- Monitoring what and how much you eat and drink
- Using pads and protective garments
If you’ve tried changing your diet, modifying your lifestyle, or medications with unpleasant side effects and the results haven’t provided relief – it’s time to try advanced therapy.
Medtronic bowel control therapy delivered by InterStim™ systems
This therapy targets the sacral nerves in your bowel area to help it function normally again. The InterStim™ system stimulates the nerves to restore bowel-brain communication to reduce symptoms. Many patients describe this as a tingling, flutter, or vibration – and not painful.
- Targets the nerves that control your bowel to help it function normally again
- Clinically proven to stop or greatly reduce bowel accidents
- Allows you to get full-body MRI scans if you need them
- Is FDA-approved and is a minimally invasive therapy
Discover more freedom, more life
Request an appointment with a Saint Alphonsus colorectal specialist to see if what you’re experiencing is normal and what treatment options are right for you.