“The important thing for patients to understand is that bowel leakage is much more commonly caused by non-cancerous conditions,” Carter said. He listed ageing, pelvic floor dysfunction, chronic diarrhoea, prior anorectal surgery, childbirth-related injury, neurologic disorders, haemorrhoids, rectal prolapse and inflammatory bowel disease as frequent contributors.
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