Editing Enema (section)

===== Bowel management =====
{{Main|Bowel management}}
Patients who have a bowel disability, a medical condition which impairs control of [[defecation]], e.g., fecal incontinence or constipation,<ref name="Bowel management definition">{{cite web|title=Bowel Management After Spinal Cord Injury|url=http://www.sci-info-pages.com/bowel.html|website=sci-info-pages.com|date=2 June 2019|language=en}}</ref> can use bowel management techniques to choose a predictable time and place to evacuate.<ref name="Bowel management definition"/> Without bowel management, such persons might either suffer from the feeling of not getting relief or soil themselves.<ref name="Bowel management definition"/>

While simple techniques might include a controlled [[Healthy diet|diet]] and establishing a toilet routine,<ref name="Bowel management definition"/> a daily enema can be taken to empty the colon, thus preventing unwanted and uncontrolled bowel movements that day.<ref name="ReferenceA">Peña A, Guardino K, Tovilla JM, Levitt MA, Rodriguez G, Torres R Bowel management for fecal incontinence in patients with anorectal malformations Pediatr. Surg. 33:1 133–7 1998</ref>