Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
Fecal incontinence means that you are unable to maintain total control over your feces. This can be in the form of small spills every now and then and serious accidents that cut your life, your career and your societal confidence. This is encoded ICD-10 K59.2. Dr. Rishi Chadha is a good, very competent doctor and has a personal, conservative and respectful approach at GastroDoxs in Houston.
He investigates all your health history-stool, past surgery, childbirth injuries, urinary incontinence, does physical exam of assessing pelvic floor and sphincter muscle strength.
Stool testing is done to rule out the chances of infection, inflammatory, malabsorption or other causes of chronic diarrhea or irritation.
In some cases further examination, such as a test of the neurological system or a biofeedback evaluation by a pelvic floor physical therapist, may be recommended in order to reduce the diagnosis.
Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
Fecal incontinence has a code of ICD-10: K59.2. It is implemented on medical records and billing.
It is normally caused by the weakening of the pelvic muscles, damage to the nerve (diabetes and spinal injury), birth or surgery, persistent diarrhea or constipation, and radiation treatment.
Yes. The exercises of the pelvic floor (Kegel exercises), are able to strengthen the muscles that regulate the bowel movements and reduce the number of leaks in the long term.
Often, yes. Some of the ways of increasing stool volume and maintaining it in check are the high-fiber food, adequate hydration, and regular eating.
They can be. The two disorders may be due to the weak muscles of the pelvic floor or the destruction of the nerves especially following child birth or surgery on the pelvis.
Taking into account that you have a leak of stool more than once a month, visit urinals frequently, or your quality of life is influenced, it is necessary to consult a specialist.
He may propose anorectal manometry as a measure of muscle strength, endoanal ultrasound as a measure of muscle integrity, defecography as a measure of evacuation and stool testing as a measure of infections or inflammation.
The final option in the cases of no relief of the conditions after a course of conservative interventions and minimum invasive treatment is surgery (e.g. sphincter repair).
Most of the insurance programs cover the diagnostic tests and much of the treatment. Checking your benefits and pre-authorization of procedures can also be conducted by our office personnel.
In order to help Dr. Chadha prepare a treatment plan, bring a list of your symptoms, drugs you are taking currently along with a bowel history (frequency, consistency, leaks).
