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Fecal Incontinence (FI) is a condition in which individuals lose the control of bowel movements leading to unexpected, involuntary leakage of stools. Also known as Bowel Incontinence, it is a result of constipation, diarrhea, and nerve damage due to aging. The condition can be of two types: urge incontinence, where an individual is unable to resist the urge to excrete and passive incontinence, where an individual does not realize before soiling oneself. The condition is challenging owing to the diverse etiology that includes several factors including traumatic, neurologic, congenital, and iatrogenic, which forms the basis of different symptoms that are associated w...