Bowel incontinence can affect people in different ways.

You may have a problem if:

you have sudden urges to poo that you cannot control you soil yourself without realising you needed the toilet you sometimes leak poo – for example, when you fart it happens every day or from time to time – a one-off “accident” when you're ill with diarrhoea is not usually a problem it's affecting your daily life – for example, it stops you socialising You may also have other symptoms, such as constipation, diarrhoea, farting or bloating.