Laura and Chloe both suffer from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a rare connective tissue disorder. As a result, they experience slow transit constipation and have a pocket which has formed in their bowel called a rectocele. To manage their bowel symptoms, they both use a Qufora bowel irrigation product and this is where their story began.
Some of our product users wanted to share their experiences of their life with bowel dysfunction and how bowel irrigation is helping them.
I no longer suffer bloating, wind or feel poisoned by full bowels…
I would thoroughly recommend bowel irrigation.
Following reversal of a stoma, there is increasing awareness of the high incidence of bowel dysfunction experienced by patients. – Brigitte Collins
All too often we hear how bowel dysfunction can have an impact on an individual’s quality of life.
International consensus definition of low anterior resection syndrome
Our Global Clinical Education Manager, Brigitte Collins, comments on recently published clinical studies, relevant to rectal irrigations.
Our Global Clinical Education Manager, Brigitte Collins, has selected and commented on recently published clinical studies, research, and trends relevant to rectal irrigation.
Constipation, faecal incontinence, and sometimes also a combination of both, is referred to as a bowel dysfunction or bowel disorder.
Bowel problems, whether constipation or incontinence, are often just symptoms and not diseases in themselves.
Bowel problems are usually not life threatening. However, they can certainly affect your daily life.
