AI has various meanings in the British medicine category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of AI in British medicine.
Inability to hold feces in therectum. This is due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters. This failure results in the untimely passage of feces and gas. There are many causes of anal incontinence, including congenital disorders of the spinal cord or anus; subsequent injuries to the rectum and anus; obstetric injuries during delivery; injury of the spinal cord; diabetic neuropathy; advanced Alzheimer disease or other forms of dementia; fecal impaction; and tumors.
British medicineAnti-inflammatory refers to the property of a substance or treatment that reduces inflammation or swelling. Anti-inflammatory drugs make up about half of analgesics, remedying pain by reducing inflammation as opposed to opioids, which affect the central nervous system.
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