Articles - Bowels en-us http://www.thescizone.com/info N/A http://www.thescizone.com/info webmaster@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/421/1/BOWEL-MOVEMENTSBOWEL-PROGRAM-IN-SCI/Page-1.html   After a spinal cord injury, messages from the rectum do not get through to the brain and you do not get the urge to have a bowel movement. As a result of not feeling the urge, you may not be able to control the sphincter that makes your bowel move. Not being able to control the sphincter can result in an inability to have a bowel movement. This can cause your stool to be "impacted" and the solid waste, which is normally eliminated from the body, to be retained. Impaction can be serious if it occurs high up in the bowel. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/420/1/GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT-AND-NORMAL-BOWEL-MOVEMENT/Page-1.html     When you swallow food, food goes into the stomach where there are enzymes. Enzymes are chemicals that act on the food and speed up the digestion process.      After passing out of the stomach, food first goes through the small intestine, and then to the large intestine which is also called the "bowel". In the intestines, nutrients and liquids produced during the digestion process are taken up, or absorbed, by the body. The remaining solid waste, or stool, is left in the bowel.      The rectum is empty until the stool is ready to be evacuated. This is when your rectum sends a message to your brain and you get the urge to have a bowel movement. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400