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What Causes Bowel Incontinence After A Spinal Cord Injury?

I have a spinal cord injury. My question is about bowel movements. I was fairly regular for quite awhile. This last month I have been way out of wack. Most days not going at all. A couple days getting very little. And a few days with accidents, diarrhea. Not sure what is happening, been trying to figure it out, not sure what to do next. Realized just tonight that the only thing different in the month is I started taking a new medicine. A cranberry supplement. Could that be messing with my system?
Fri, 19 Jan 2018
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yes cranberry supplement is the culprit as you made the diagnosis proper ..any new drug or food is the culprit for new symptoms especially bowel movements as the spinal cord injury may cause bowel irregularity as there will be faecal incontinence type and as a rule the problem will be same in all course of time and it will decrease over time ..and you are having symptoms ranging from constipation to diarrhea ..
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What Causes Bowel Incontinence After A Spinal Cord Injury?

yes cranberry supplement is the culprit as you made the diagnosis proper ..any new drug or food is the culprit for new symptoms especially bowel movements as the spinal cord injury may cause bowel irregularity as there will be faecal incontinence type and as a rule the problem will be same in all course of time and it will decrease over time ..and you are having symptoms ranging from constipation to diarrhea ..