General Medical Question - Non Urgent - Soiling myself :-/
This is so embarrassing. But in the past few months I have soiled my knickers (poo) three times, and have had no idea until I've went to the toilet or changed my knickers.
As it's not happening all the time, only three instances, is it something to worry about?
I don't have an eating disorder, and I don't consume copious amounts of fibre.
Thanks x
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It's definitely something to get checked out. There are quite a number of possibilities so it would be impossible to figure out what's going on over the internet.
If you start to develop problems urinating or weakness/altered sensation in your legs then you need to get urgent medical attention (unlikely and not meant to scare you just one of the more worrisome causes).
Always seem to get things just that little bit wrong.
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Just wanted to send you hugs! I have a fear outside that i have soiled myself, but my mind goes on overdrive and i start to smell and feel it. The reason I am saying this is because I imagine also, its causing you anxiety. Which I know is hard to deal with. Ignore the person who made an ignorant comment! Im pleased you posted.
sticks and stones may break your bones but words can tear your heart out.
It's not an uncommon thing I don't think and doctors have heard it all. It's nothing to be ashamed of, but you should definitely get it checked. Hope you are OK.
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Thanks. I have had a weak bladder for years, coughing sneezing, skipping, going on a trampoline all cause me to pee myself a bit. I didn't think the two would be related?
I'm reluctant to go to the GP as a) my GP is on holiday b) the other one is mean and c) it's only happened three times.
I know you can only advise me to see the doctor, but any assurance that this isn't serious?
Thankyou x
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If you are otherwise well, then this is not likely to be something serious. It's much more likely to be related to something you ate, a new medication you're on, if you've used laxatives, etc.
Maybe you could try to keep an eye on things you eat or medications you take and see if it happens again, and see if you can work out why it may have happened.
And yeah, it really isn't that uncommon to happen to people occasionally.
If you want to wait and see if it happens again I don't think that would be unreasonable - it's probably not something urgent (unless you do develop the symptoms I mentioned before) so you could wait until your regular GP is back.
Please don't worry about talking to a doctor about this - honestly! They will not be at all fussed by the problem and won't dwell on it at all (trust me when you've seen enough bums in a medical capacity you barely think about it).
Like I said before it just isn't possible to say much more about what this could be online as a lot more information would be needed and an examination etc.
Always seem to get things just that little bit wrong.
"don't wish, don't start, wishing only wounds the heart"
Hi, just wanted to say that I can relate to this completely. I have all kinds of accidents in the lower regions. Have you got a women health physio department at your gp surgery? They can teach you exercises to strengthen those muscles. Also, it might be worth keeping a IBS (irritable bowl syndrome) diary, basically recording everything you eat, and every time you visit the toilet. It helps to make a link to diet and bowel and bladder movements.
Maybe try starting and doing pelvic floor exercises (as strange as it sounds), but it does help with keeping it in.
These exercises include
1/ Lying down on the floor or mat, then tightening all your muscles that surround your pelvis from the front passage to the back passage for like 3 -4 secs, then slowly relax it and continue up to 10 times until your muscles are like tired.
2/ Same as before but instead of holding, just push as strong as you can and relax, continue for 10-20times until it's tired
It is very important that you see a GP about this. There are various reasons why this might be happening, many of them not serious. But some of them most certainly are. You should always be safe, rather than sorry.
