Editing Fecal incontinence (section)

=== Central nervous system ===
Continence requires conscious and subconscious networking of information from and to the anorectum. Defects or brain damage may affect the [[central nervous system]] focally (e.g. stroke, tumor, spinal cord lesions, trauma, multiple sclerosis) or diffusely (e.g. dementia, multiple sclerosis, infection, [[Parkinson's disease]] or drug-induced).<ref name="ASCRS core subjects FI" /><ref name="Salat-Foix 2012">{{cite journal | vauthors = Salat-Foix D, Suchowersky O | title = The management of gastrointestinal symptoms in Parkinson's disease | journal = Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics | volume = 12 | issue = 2 | pages = 239–248 | date = February 2012 | pmid = 22288679 | doi = 10.1586/ern.11.192 | s2cid = 220783 }}</ref> FI (and [[urinary incontinence]]) may also occur during [[epileptic seizures]].<ref>{{cite book | veditors = Bromfield EB, Cavazos JE, Sirven JI |chapter=Clinical Epilepsy |chapter-url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2511/ |title=An Introduction to Epilepsy |date=2006 |publisher=American Epilepsy Society |id={{NCBIBook2|NBK2508}} |pmid=20821849 | vauthors = Bromfield EB, Cavazos JE, Sirven JI }}</ref> [[Dural ectasia]] is an example of a spinal cord lesion that may affect continence.<ref name="Nallamshetty 2002">{{cite journal | vauthors = Nallamshetty L, Ahn NU, Ahn UM, Nallamshetty HS, Rose PS, Buchowski JM, Sponseller PD | title = Dural ectasia and back pain: review of the literature and case report | journal = Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques | volume = 15 | issue = 4 | pages = 326–329 | date = August 2002 | pmid = 12177551 | doi = 10.1097/00024720-200208000-00012 }}</ref>