Document Type: Journal article
Rehabilitation in Fecal Incontinence

Five million people in Germany suffer from fecal incontinence, but the provision of medical care in the out-patient field is still insufficient. In-Patient rehabilitation offers the patients in question an excellent possibility to reach a complete integration in every-day-live, in their profession and in their social suroundings. Besides the diagnostic check up an the introduction of therapy the health training and pschosocial care are specific of the rehab clinic; the handling of the illness is optimated through information about the illness directly referring to the problem.