Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Causes of paradoxical diarrhea include long-term constipation and an imbalanced gut ...

December 22, 2009 — Enemas and orally administered laxatives are equally effective in treating rectal fecal impaction (RFI) in functional childhood constipation, according to the results of a ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Key Takeaways While holding a bowel movement occasionally should not cause any health ...

Normally, people have bowel movements at fairly regular intervals, and stool passes out of the body easily without much straining or discomfort. Although the normal frequency of bowel movements varies ...

Let us begin with the common differences between diarrhoea and constipation as a lot of people do not know what is what. Diarrhoea is a digestive disorder that causes watery stools and is highly ...

When stool (feces) leaks out from the rectum accidentally, it is known as fecal incontinence. Under normal circumstances, stool enters the end portion of the large intestine, called the rectum, where ...