{"id":31844,"date":"2026-07-14T15:02:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amelie-project.eu\/?page_id=31844"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:42:23","slug":"temoignages-de-patients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amelie-project.eu\/fr\/temoignages-de-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e9moignages de patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Hero section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/amelie-project.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AMELIEHEADERBACKGOUND-01-scaled.jpg&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center_left&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;7%||7%||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;15%||15%||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||4%|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;|||5%|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;|||5.5%|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][dsm_block_reveal_text block_reveal_text=&#8221;PATIENT EXPERIENCES&#8221; heading_html_tag=&#8221;h1&#8243; block_reveal_color=&#8221;#0e94f9&#8243; block_reveal_delay=&#8221;0&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;AMELIE||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#0e94f9&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;3vw&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;5vw&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;6vw&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_block_reveal_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;165.4px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Les t\u00e9moignages ci-dessous ont \u00e9t\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9reusement partag\u00e9s par des personnes ayant v\u00e9cu l'incontinence f\u00e9cale. Ils mettent en lumi\u00e8re les difficult\u00e9s auxquelles sont confront\u00e9es de nombreuses personnes, mais aussi l'espoir que le projet AMELIE puisse contribuer \u00e0 apporter des changements significatifs \u00e0 l'avenir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Collections&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px||50px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|tablet&#8221; module_id=&#8221;faecal-incontinence-about-the-condition&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|19px|auto||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;50px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.1)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;35deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;#6bc8ff 0%|#99afff 100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#6bc8ff&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#99afff&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;5%|5%|5%|5%|true|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;15%||15%||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;AMELIE||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Anonyme<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>J'ai 78 ans. Il y a 47 ans, mon premier enfant est n\u00e9, avec deux semaines de retard. Ce fut un accouchement tr\u00e8s long et douloureux, avec des contractions qui se succ\u00e9daient sans interruption. L'obst\u00e9tricien de garde manquait d'exp\u00e9rience et, au bout de 36 heures, il a fait appel \u00e0 un interne, me laissant en deuxi\u00e8me phase de travail avec pour consigne de ne pas pousser. Finalement, mon fils, qui \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s gros, est n\u00e9 \u00e0 l'aide de forceps de Keilland. J'ai subi une \u00e9pisiotomie tr\u00e8s importante et j'ai souffert \u00e9norm\u00e9ment pendant plus d'un an. Personne n'a \u00e9voqu\u00e9 de l\u00e9sion \u00e0 la naissance. Cette exp\u00e9rience a \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s traumatisante sur le plan psychologique.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est dans les ann\u00e9es 2010 que j\u2019ai souffert pour la premi\u00e8re fois d\u2019incontinence f\u00e9cale. J\u2019ai consult\u00e9 un proctologue qui a estim\u00e9 que cela \u00e9tait \u2018 probablement \u2019 d\u00fb \u00e0 une l\u00e9sion \u00e0 la naissance. J\u2019ai pass\u00e9 un proctogramme et re\u00e7u quelques conseils g\u00e9n\u00e9raux d\u2019un kin\u00e9sith\u00e9rapeute concernant la position \u00e0 adopter, etc. Quelques ann\u00e9es plus tard, la situation s\u2019est consid\u00e9rablement aggrav\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>En 2024, apr\u00e8s de nombreux examens, j\u2019ai d\u00e9couvert pour la premi\u00e8re fois que j\u2019avais des d\u00e9chirures au niveau des deux sphincters, un rectoc\u00e8le et un prolapsus v\u00e9sical. J\u2019ai eu la chance d\u2019\u00eatre orient\u00e9e vers un kin\u00e9sith\u00e9rapeute sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9 qui m\u2019a prescrit une stimulation \u00e9lectrique externe et de nombreux exercices. Je crois savoir que le traitement privil\u00e9gi\u00e9 au Royaume-Uni est le SNS, qui semble \u00eatre un proc\u00e9d\u00e9 assez similaire, mais qui consiste en une implantation dans le corps. Cela m\u2019a aid\u00e9e \u00e0 atteindre le niveau 50% dont vous parliez dans votre podcast, ce dont je vous suis tr\u00e8s reconnaissante.<\/p>\n<p>Ce qui me bouleverse tant, c\u2019est que les jeunes femmes continuent, tant d\u2019ann\u00e9es plus tard, de souffrir des m\u00eames s\u00e9quelles. Certaines d\u2019entre elles sont incapables de sortir, de travailler ou d\u2019avoir des relations sexuelles. Des mariages se sont bris\u00e9s, des deuxi\u00e8mes enfants n\u2019ont jamais vu le jour, des carri\u00e8res ont d\u00fb \u00eatre abandonn\u00e9es et des vies enti\u00e8res ont \u00e9t\u00e9 consid\u00e9rablement limit\u00e9es. D\u2019o\u00f9 mon appel en faveur d\u2019une pr\u00e9vention renforc\u00e9e, ainsi que de traitements.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Collections&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;||50px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; module_id=&#8221;faecal-incontinence-and-regenerative-medicine&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;281.6px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|12px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;50px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.1)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Column&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|40px|40px|40px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_css_main_element_last_edited=&#8221;off|phone&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;AMELIE||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Sarah (41 ans au moment o\u00f9 elle a souffert pour la premi\u00e8re fois d'incontinence f\u00e9cale)<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<p>L'incontinence f\u00e9cale est tr\u00e8s mal comprise par le grand public et souvent consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme \u00e9tant uniquement li\u00e9e au processus de vieillissement. Je souffre d'incontinence f\u00e9cale depuis deux d\u00e9cennies, suite \u00e0 une intervention chirurgicale au niveau de l'intestin, bien que je sois par ailleurs en bonne forme physique et en bonne sant\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Cela m'a caus\u00e9 une grande d\u00e9tresse et de nombreux d\u00e9sagr\u00e9ments, et a port\u00e9 atteinte \u00e0 mon estime de moi, \u00e0 ma vie sociale et \u00e0 mes perspectives d'emploi. Cela m'impose une contrainte quotidienne li\u00e9e \u00e0 l'achat et au port de sous-v\u00eatements de protection, et rend les relations intimes g\u00eanantes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Collections&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; min_height=&#8221;2224.9px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;||100px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; module_id=&#8221;why-are-conventional-methods-not-working&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;675.9px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;19px|auto|18px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;50px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.1)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;35deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;#6bc8ff 0%|#99afff 100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#6bc8ff&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#99afff&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;5%|5%|5%|5%|true|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;15%||15%||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;AMELIE||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Heather (29 ans lorsqu'elle a souffert pour la premi\u00e8re fois d'incontinence f\u00e9cale)<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<p>Mon incontinence \u00e9tait due \u00e0 des l\u00e9sions subies lors de l'accouchement ; j'\u00e9tais hospitalis\u00e9e et plac\u00e9e sous surveillance car la taille de mon b\u00e9b\u00e9 suscitait des inqui\u00e9tudes. Je ne mesure que 4 pieds 11 pouces et j'ai un petit bassin. Le travail a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 37 semaines ; on m\u2019a dit qu\u2019il ne s\u2019agissait que de contractions de Braxton Hicks et que je n\u2019\u00e9tais pas en travail.  En r\u00e9alit\u00e9, j\u2019\u00e9tais bel et bien en travail, et je ne suis sortie des toilettes que 10 minutes avant l\u2019accouchement. Le b\u00e9b\u00e9 \u00e9tait coinc\u00e9 et ils ont utilis\u00e9 des forceps, sans analg\u00e9sique, pour extraire ma fille. Depuis lors (il y a 46 ans), je souffre de douleurs atroces au niveau du bassin, du dos et du p\u00e9rin\u00e9e. Un c\u00f4t\u00e9 de mon anus est engourdi depuis cette \u00e9poque. L\u2019incontinence s\u2019est aggrav\u00e9e avec l\u2019\u00e2ge (j\u2019ai aujourd\u2019hui 75 ans).<\/p>\n<p>Ma vie est devenue tr\u00e8s stressante depuis que je souffre d\u2019\u00e9pisodes d\u2019incontinence : au supermarch\u00e9, au lit avec mon mari, deux fois au volant, devant des amis, mes petits-enfants, en promenade, dans le train\u2026 Et tant d\u2019autres fois que j\u2019en ai perdu le compte. Je n\u2019ose plus sortir, je me sens an\u00e9antie, en col\u00e8re, sale, g\u00ean\u00e9e. Je me suis assise et j\u2019ai pleur\u00e9. J\u2019ai suppli\u00e9 qu\u2019on m\u2019aide. \u00c7a arrive sans pr\u00e9venir, donc \u00e7a peut se produire \u00e0 tout moment. \u00c7a arrive m\u00eame pendant mon sommeil. J\u2019avais toujours des v\u00eatements de rechange, un seau et des lingettes dans la voiture. Je n\u2019ai jamais le temps d\u2019aller aux toilettes.<\/p>\n<p>Ce n'est qu'apr\u00e8s 43 ans que j'ai d\u00e9couvert que mes nerfs pudendaux avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 endommag\u00e9s par le forceps, ce qui entra\u00eene un retard important dans la transmission au cerveau du signal m'indiquant que j'ai besoin d'aller aux toilettes.<\/p>\n<p>Avant cela, les m\u00e9decins m'avaient catalogu\u00e9e comme une femme plut\u00f4t na\u00efve et n\u00e9vros\u00e9e. L'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, j'ai subi une intervention SNS qui m'a beaucoup aid\u00e9e, m\u00eame si ce n'est pas encore parfait.<\/p>\n<p>Am\u00e9lie pourrait bien changer la donne. L'incontinence a g\u00e2ch\u00e9 ma vie : j'ai perdu tellement de choses, ma carri\u00e8re, la possibilit\u00e9 d'avoir d'autres enfants, et j'ai connu de grandes difficult\u00e9s financi\u00e8res. Cela a affect\u00e9 tous les aspects de ma vie.<\/p>\n<p>La vie aurait pu \u00eatre tellement diff\u00e9rente. J'ai du mal \u00e0 accepter cette vie perdue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; module_id=&#8221;faecal-incontinence-and-regenerative-medicine&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;1454px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-22px|auto|25px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;50px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.1)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Column&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|40px|40px|40px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_css_main_element_last_edited=&#8221;off|phone&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;AMELIE||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Natalia<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Gotham kinda bold||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">Je m\u2019appelle Natalia et j\u2019ai 42 ans. En juillet 2015, j\u2019ai donn\u00e9 naissance \u00e0 mon fils. \u00c0 la suite d\u2019une s\u00e9rie d\u2019erreurs, j\u2019ai subi un accouchement assist\u00e9 avec une \u00e9pisiotomie forc\u00e9e et j\u2019ai souffert d\u2019une h\u00e9morragie grave. \u00c0 la suite de ces \u00e9v\u00e9nements, ma convalescence post-partum a \u00e9t\u00e9 longue et difficile. J\u2019ai souffert d\u2019an\u00e9mie, et la plaie de mon \u00e9pisiotomie ne cicatrisait pas aussi bien ni aussi vite qu\u2019elle aurait d\u00fb. J\u2019ai \u00e9galement subi un traumatisme psychologique important.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">Au cours des treize premiers mois qui ont suivi l\u2019accouchement, je me suis sentie constamment tr\u00e8s mal. J\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 hospitalis\u00e9e \u00e0 deux reprises, d\u2019abord pour une myocardite, puis pour une affection inflammatoire pelvienne, et entre ces deux \u00e9pisodes, j\u2019ai souffert de diverses infections virales et bact\u00e9riennes. J\u2019allais souvent aux toilettes, avec parfois des accidents, mais j\u2019attribuais ma diarrh\u00e9e au syndrome du c\u00f4lon irritable qui m\u2019avait \u00e9t\u00e9 diagnostiqu\u00e9 au d\u00e9but de ma vingtaine. Tous ces \u00e9v\u00e9nements difficiles, combin\u00e9s au fait de m\u2019occuper d\u2019un b\u00e9b\u00e9 puis d\u2019un jeune enfant, m\u2019ont pouss\u00e9e \u00e0 essayer simplement de survivre, en esp\u00e9rant que tout irait mieux \u00e0 terme.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">Environ cinq mois apr\u00e8s mon accouchement, j\u2019ai senti quelque chose pr\u00e8s de l\u2019anus ; on m\u2019a donc orient\u00e9e vers un sp\u00e9cialiste. Il a diagnostiqu\u00e9 une h\u00e9morro\u00efde externe. Bien que je lui aie signal\u00e9 que la plaie ne cicatrisait pas tr\u00e8s bien, il ne m\u2019a pas orient\u00e9e vers un autre sp\u00e9cialiste, car nous allions d\u00e9m\u00e9nager de la r\u00e9gion dans le mois qui suivait. On m\u2019a prescrit une pommade et on m\u2019a renvoy\u00e9e chez moi.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">Puis, en 2017, j'ai repris le travail, qui, heureusement, ne se trouvait qu'\u00e0 deux minutes \u00e0 pied de chez moi, et comme je n'avais absolument aucune vie sociale, j'ai simplement essay\u00e9 de continuer \u00e0 vivre malgr\u00e9 l'aggravation de mes sympt\u00f4mes.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">Fin 2018, j\u2019ai consult\u00e9 un m\u00e9decin g\u00e9n\u00e9raliste dans mon cabinet de quartier. C'\u00e9tait une femme, et apr\u00e8s que je lui ai d\u00e9crit mes selles constamment molles ou liquides, que je lui ai expliqu\u00e9 mes sympt\u00f4mes et qu'elle m'a examin\u00e9e, elle ne semblait pas vraiment croire que je souffrais uniquement du syndrome du c\u00f4lon irritable, au point de m'avertir qu'il \u00e9tait tout \u00e0 fait possible que je sois atteinte de la maladie de Crohn. Comme j'ai toujours eu de graves probl\u00e8mes intestinaux, je me suis r\u00e9sign\u00e9e \u00e0 cette id\u00e9e. La m\u00e9decin g\u00e9n\u00e9raliste a \u00e9t\u00e9 sous le choc lorsque mon r\u00e9sultat s\u2019est r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 n\u00e9gatif. Elle a alors d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de m\u2019orienter vers une clinique sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans l\u2019accompagnement des femmes ayant subi une l\u00e9sion \u00e0 la naissance. J\u2019ai d\u2019abord \u00e9t\u00e9 re\u00e7ue en juin\/juillet 2019, examin\u00e9e, puis orient\u00e9e vers de nombreux examens. Ces examens ont confirm\u00e9 que je souffrais non seulement d\u2019un prolapsus de la muqueuse intestinale qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 diagnostiqu\u00e9 \u00e0 tort comme des h\u00e9morro\u00efdes, mais aussi que mes muscles sphincters \u00e9taient gravement endommag\u00e9s.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">On m\u2019a prescrit du lop\u00e9ramide et de la kin\u00e9sith\u00e9rapie. Puis, malheureusement, la pand\u00e9mie de COVID-19 a \u00e9clat\u00e9 et tout a pris un retard consid\u00e9rable. Mon prolapsus s\u2019aggravait et avait commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 saigner, ce qui a entra\u00een\u00e9 une aggravation de mes autres sympt\u00f4mes. Finalement, apr\u00e8s une consultation t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique avec un chirurgien, j\u2019ai subi une intervention chirurgicale pour traiter mon prolapsus en septembre 2021. J\u2019ai continu\u00e9 \u00e0 essayer des traitements conservateurs pour mon incontinence, mais celle-ci ne cessait de s\u2019aggraver. En 2024, j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9e pour participer \u00e0 un essai clinique portant sur un implant de neuromodulation du nerf sacr\u00e9 de Medtronic et j\u2019ai subi la premi\u00e8re intervention chirurgicale en octobre 2024. Puis, apr\u00e8s \u00e9valuation des r\u00e9sultats, j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 jug\u00e9e \u00e9ligible pour un implant d\u00e9finitif et j\u2019ai subi cette intervention en mars 2025. Cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement a chang\u00e9 ma vie, car non seulement j\u2019ai constat\u00e9 une diminution des fuites et des accidents, mais cela a \u00e9galement en quelque sorte r\u00e9gul\u00e9 mon transit intestinal, r\u00e9duisant le nombre de passages quotidiens aux toilettes et rendant mes horaires de selles plus r\u00e9guliers. Cela n\u2019a pas r\u00e9solu mon probl\u00e8me, et j\u2019ai toujours des accidents, mais leur fr\u00e9quence a diminu\u00e9.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">Avant la pose de l\u2019implant, j\u2019organisais ma vie en fonction de l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux toilettes ; j\u2019\u00e9tais constamment stress\u00e9e par des trajets simples, voire courts, comme emmener mon fils \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole puis aller discuter avec des amis apr\u00e8s. Je me sentais sale et je n\u2019ai jamais parl\u00e9 de mon probl\u00e8me, car je consid\u00e9rais que c\u2019\u00e9tait un sujet tabou. Vous savez, les femmes plaisantent souvent \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision, et parfois dans la vie r\u00e9elle, sur le fait d\u2019uriner quand elles rient, mais on ne parle jamais d\u2019incontinence f\u00e9cale. Psychologiquement, j\u2019avais aussi l\u2019impression d\u2019\u00eatre une personne ab\u00eem\u00e9e et je ne pouvais pas en parler \u00e0 mon conjoint, car il aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9go\u00fbt\u00e9 par moi. De plus, ce n\u2019est qu\u2019en 2025 que l\u2019on m\u2019a diagnostiqu\u00e9 des troubles de sant\u00e9 mentale li\u00e9s \u00e0 un traumatisme, et je suis d\u00e9sormais sur une longue liste d\u2019attente pour suivre une th\u00e9rapie en face \u00e0 face. Par ailleurs, j\u2019ai besoin d\u2019une th\u00e9rapeute femme en raison des causes de mes probl\u00e8mes.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">Ce n\u2019est que tr\u00e8s tard que j\u2019ai pris conscience que je souffrais d\u2019un handicap invisible, et que je devrais demander des am\u00e9nagements raisonnables lors d\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nements stressants comme un entretien d\u2019embauche, car l\u2019anxi\u00e9t\u00e9 et le stress me poussent \u00e0 courir aux toilettes sur-le-champ, et le SNS n\u2019est pas en mesure d\u2019arr\u00eater la diarrh\u00e9e.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">De plus, devoir demander \u00e0 pouvoir utiliser rapidement les toilettes dans certains endroits, comme certains magasins qui ne disposent pas de toilettes pour les clients, est humiliant, car il faut demander au personnel l\u2019autorisation d\u2019utiliser les toilettes du personnel et expliquer pourquoi, ou encore lorsque je ne suis pas client d\u2019un magasin ou d\u2019un restaurant o\u00f9 l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux toilettes est r\u00e9serv\u00e9 aux clients.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">Des recherches comme celles men\u00e9es dans le cadre du projet AMELIE montrent qu\u2019il y a encore de l\u2019espoir pour les personnes souffrant d\u2019incontinence f\u00e9cale : nous pouvons b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier d\u2019un traitement adapt\u00e9 et accessible. J\u2019ai eu la chance de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier d\u2019un implant SNS, mais j\u2019ai d\u00fb attendre de nombreuses ann\u00e9es avant m\u00eame que cette option ne soit \u00e9voqu\u00e9e.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">Je suis encore une femme relativement jeune. Je n'ai pas encore travers\u00e9 la p\u00e9rim\u00e9nopause ni la m\u00e9nopause. Je sais que cela, ajout\u00e9 \u00e0 l'\u00e2ge, ne fera qu'aggraver mon incontinence.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; color: black;\">Au vu des r\u00e9cents rapports faisant \u00e9tat de n\u00e9gligences dans les services de maternit\u00e9, il conviendrait de mettre davantage l'accent sur la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de faire \u00e9voluer le syst\u00e8me afin de permettre un acc\u00e8s complet et rapide aux traitements disponibles, y compris en mati\u00e8re de sant\u00e9 mentale.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;29px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_module dsm_block_reveal_text dsm_block_reveal_text_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dsm_block_reveal_text_wrapper\" data-dsm-block-reveal-animation=\"lr\" data-dsm-block-reveal-color=\"#0e94f9\" data-dsm-block-reveal-delay=\"0\" data-dsm-block-reveal-viewport=\"80%\"><h1 class=\"dsm_block_reveal_text_header et_pb_module_header\">T\u00c9MOIGNAGES DE PATIENTS<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>The stories below have been generously shared by people with lived experience of faecal incontinence. They highlight the challenges many individuals face, as well as the hope that the AMELIE project can help bring meaningful change in the future.AnonymousI am 78. 47 years ago my first child was born, two weeks overdue. It was a very long, painful labour, back to back. The obstetrician on duty was not experienced and after 36 hours called for a registrar, leaving me in second stage labour with instructions not to push. Eventually my very large son was born by Keillands forceps. I had a huge episiotomy and was in enormous pain for over a year. No-one mentioned birth injury. The experience was very traumatic psychologically. In the 2010s I first experienced faecal incontinence. I saw a colorectal specialist who thought it was \u2018probably\u2019 caused by a birth injury. I had a proctogram and some general advice from a physiologist about position etc.\u00a0 Some years later, it became much worse. 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Patients<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.16\" text_font=\"Gotham kinda bold||||||||\" text_text_color=\"#000000\" text_font_size=\"16px\" text_line_height=\"1.9em\" header_font=\"||||||||\" header_2_font=\"||||||||\" module_alignment=\"center\" custom_margin=\"||||false|false\" custom_padding=\"||||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faecal incontinence is a substantial public health problem. <\/span>The condition can severely affect everyday life, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>dignity and confidence<\/li>\n<li>wellbeing and mental health<\/li>\n<li>independence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Many individuals experience:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>anxiety<\/li>\n<li>social isolation<\/li>\n<li>reduced participation in work and travel<\/li>\n<li>limitations in daily activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The AMELIE project focuses specifically on faecal incontinence resulting from injury to the anal 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Among regenerative approaches, cell therapy using autologous skeletal muscle-derived cells (ASMDCs) to regenerate the damaged external anal sphincter has been the most extensively investigated.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Europe has played a leading role in translating this approach into clinical practice. Of the five published clinical studies of cell therapy for faecal incontinence, three were conducted by European research groups and used ASMDCs delivered as a cell suspension. In the Phase II randomised placebo-controlled trial, only 58% of patients receiving ASMDC therapy responded after 12 months, while open-label pilot studies reported similar levels of subjective improvement. 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In conventional manufacturing, these cells are isolated from the patient, expanded in the laboratory while attached to a culture surface, and then detached before being administered as a cell suspension.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">To date, all published clinical studies of cell therapy for faecal incontinence have used this conventional manufacturing approach. However, detaching cells from their culture surface before transplantation can damage them, reducing their viability and regenerative potential. This process can also trigger anoikis - a form of cell death that occurs when anchorage-dependent cells lose contact with their supporting surface.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Poor cell survival after transplantation is one of the major challenges facing regenerative medicine. For therapies that rely on cells integrating into damaged muscle, such as treatments for faecal incontinence, low cell survival can limit effectiveness and contribute to inconsistent clinical outcomes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Addressing this challenge is at the heart of the AMELIE project. 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