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Disorders of the central and peripheral nerve systems have severe effects on gut function. Hence, people who have sustained spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, or spina bifida patients may suffer from severe bowel symptoms, including constipation, incontinence to stools, difficult bowel evacuation, or pain. For the present book, a number of international experts have described how disorders of the nerve system affect bowel function, how to assess and treat bowel symptoms, and how the bacterial composition of the bowel may be affected.

laxatives --- constipation --- adults --- prevalence --- utilisation --- gut microbiota --- spina bifida --- transanal irrigation --- urinary tract infection --- SCI --- MENTOR --- NBD --- fecal incontinence --- Parkinson’s disease --- autonomic --- gastrointestinal --- alpha-synuclein --- parasympathetic --- neurogenic bowel dysfunction --- low anterior resection syndrome --- faecal incontinence --- chronic constipation --- bowel dysfunction --- quality of life --- spinal cord injury --- multiple sclerosis --- pharmacological --- systematic review --- neurogenic bowel --- treatment assessment --- bowel function --- exoskeletal walking --- difficulty with evacuation --- neostigmine --- glycopyrrolate --- iontophoresis --- autonomic dysfunction --- motility --- investigations --- manometry --- breath test --- imaging --- diabetes mellitus --- postprandial hypotension --- food ingestion --- ambulatory blood pressure measurement --- cohort study --- pediatric --- children --- adolescent --- anorectal malformation --- cerebral palsy --- acute rehabilitation --- opioids --- SCI bowel management