Then again the system of cellular sphincters must dilate and contract in order to retain the fluids in those cell-like parts of the body.
Now we are at the point when ready for use in other parts of the system, those sphincters must temporarily give away, that the gland may relax and dilate.
If the cord is pressed upon at the level of the lumbar enlargement the anal and vesicalsphincters are paralysed, and the reflexes are exaggerated.
The sphincters are not usually affected, and the patient will pass urine when the bladder requires to be emptied; there may, however, though rarely, be retention.
Similarly, sensation in the rectum and anus may be retained although the control of the sphincters is lost.
Convulsions, epileptiform in character, with relaxation of the sphincters and suppression of urine, also frequently occur, and occasionally cerebral hemorrhage.
The sphincters give way and the patient loses control over his evacuations.
When caught in the grasp of the sphinctersthey often bleed profusely, and especially is this the case with children so affected.
Spasm of the sphincters is a usual accompaniment, and greatly augments the suffering of the patient.
It is said that even in the worst cases no spasm of the sphincters occurs.
In color they are dark red, but when compressed and strangulated by the sphincters they assume a dusky purple hue.
In order to relieve the pain and spasm of the sphincters attending the evacuation, it is well to use a suppository about half an hour before the enema is employed, consisting of: ℞ Ext.
In this manner, by careful and thorough kneading and pulling of the muscles, the sphincters will be made to give way, and will be rendered soft and pliable.
In most cases this junction of the sphincters is marked by a line of condensed connective tissue.
The paralytic symptoms gradually go on increasing, the sphincters refuse to act, and death may occur from suffocation and choking.
In injuries to the lumbar region the legs may be partly paralysed, and the rectal and bladder sphincters may be involved.
Frequently wetting and soiling are due to negativism, when the patient has been led to the toilet but relaxes the sphincters so soon as he leaves it.
The relaxation of the sphincters is apt to persist even after control of the rest of the body is exercised to the point of permitting the patient to stand or walk about.
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