Confused about the way the body works

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Can someone explain something that seems a little wrong to me and maybe means - well, I don't know what it means.

I have heard that when someone loses an extremity, the feeling of that part remains. So if you lost a leg, you would still feel as if you were experiencing the sensations of having the leg.

I have been experiencing the partial loss of the ability to use my anal sphincter. Lately this has been getting to be more extreme. I feel as if the control is almost completely gone. I try to tighten the muscle and feel as if I just don't know what to do. Then I begin to tighten surrounding muscles, unintentionally, instead. It is so crazy. How can this be?

 

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It sounds as if your brain is trying to send a message to the muscle, but the neural pathway is not working correctly, and the message gets, so to speak, rerouted. I have observed a similar phenomenon in the case of someone with partial neuropathy who broke a toe that had no sensation. A different toe, which was capable of feeling pain, hurt a lot, but x-rays showed that the toe that had the pain was not the toe that had been fractured. Have you discussed this with your primary care physician, or with a neurologist?

 

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That is so fascinating and scary. I haven't spoken to my doctor about this yet though he does know about my Incontinence. The condition I am talking about seems to change from time to time. When I'm sitting I seem to have a slightly better response. That is, I seem to be able to control a muscle in the area though I still can't gain control enough to hold. But often I find, especially when standing, that I just don't know what to do. How could I have forgotten how to hold it in? And I feel like trying anything would just have me twitching. I wonder if I Could somehow have triggered a disease that is more generalized than just applying to my ability to hold body waste.

 

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I,am also urine incontinent but just lately been having some trouble with anal sphincter and lose some bowel.

 

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Have you tried Kegel exercises to reinforce the neural pathways to the area? I added an app to my phone to help me remember to do this every day. May be worth a try.

 

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sounds interesting. what is the app? i know i will need to be reminded

 

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also, thinking about it now, i’ve had misplaced pain in my mouth with problematic teeth.

 

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It sounds as if your brain is trying to send a message to the muscle, but the neural pathway is not working correctly, and the message gets, so to speak, rerouted. I have observed a similar phenomenon in the case of someone with partial neuropathy who broke a toe that had no sensation. A different toe, which was capable of feeling pain, hurt a lot, but x-rays showed that the toe that had the pain was not the toe that had been fractured. Have you discussed this with your primary care physician, or with a neurologist?

also, thinking about it now, i’ve had misplaced pain in my mouth with problematic teeth.

 

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App is XIIB. Justine of several apps for the purpose. Check the App Store.

 

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About the loss of muscle control I mentioned above what troubles me now is having the feeling of being unable to control. I try to tighten that muscle and I can't. If I try real hard there might be a little twitch, but mostly other muscles move instead. And I have the awful feeling of being open and I can't tighten my sphincter and it feels so uncomfortable. I'm always aware of it. Does anyone know, will it always be this uncomfortable and frustrating???? I may just start screaming. Seriously. It's like there's about to be a movement but I know nothing is there even if it feels like there is. What can I do to stop this feeling???????

 

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A new development is that about a week ago I felt as if original control was back - only very slightly - hardly at all, but something was there. Now I seem to have lost control again and when I try the muscles at my sides below my hips are what tighten and nothing else. There also seems to be less urinary control as well.

 

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Mistake. Sorry