Can a Straining Bowel Movement Cause Aortic Dissection?
If you have a thoracic aortic aneurysm, you may be worrying every time you have a bowel movement if pushing and straining could rupture it. […]
Liquid Stool and Constipation at the Same Time?
Are you trickling stool or a tiny bit of “diarrhea” but also feel constipated? You’re probably not imagining this. “Overflow incontinence” may result, in which you feel something leaking from your anus while you’re out [...]
What if You Don’t Have a Driver for Your Colonoscopy?
Are you fretting because you don’t have a driver for your colonoscopy or other outpatient procedure? Don’t worry; there IS a solution. […]
Why Can an IBS Attack Cause Chills?
Do you suffer from sudden chills when you have an IBS attack? […]
What Does It Mean if You Can’t Rid of Trapped Gas?
If you keep feeling that you need to fart but can’t, this is no laughing matter. It can mean a tumor. This sensation may occur from time to time – but then the passing of [...]
Hemorrhoid Blood vs. Colon Cancer Blood: Is There a Difference?
Is there a distinction with the way the blood would look if it’s from a hemorrhoid vs. rectal fresh blood from colon cancer? Both hemorrhoid blood and colon cancer bleeding from the lower rectum is [...]
How Harmful Is Two Weeks with No Bowel Movement in Adults?
Don’t you just hate it when you’re looking forward to a delicious meal and you realize you can’t taste or smell due to your cold? And no matter how hard you blow your nose [...]
How Common Are Bloody Stools with Colon Cancer?
Seeing blood with your stools is just plain frightening, as this immediately brings to mind colon cancer. Though hemorrhoids are a common cause of blood mixed with poop, it’s hard to ignore more sinister explanations. [...]
Poop Coming Out when Passing Gas: Causes & Solutions
Do you sometimes have a leak of poop spurt out when you fart? If gooey poop leaks out only very occasionally when you pass gas, this is nothing to worry about and is probably one [...]
Here’s Why You Poop Right After Meals
Why does it seem that almost every time you have a particular meal such as dinner or lunch, you have to poop immediately after? Is there really a cause and effect relationship between when you [...]
Can Constipation Cause Men Difficulty with Urinating?
A man who has new-onset difficulty with urinating may immediately fear prostate cancer, cross his fingers and hope it's only constipation. Difficulty with urination can present as a problem with urine stream. It can also [...]
Can You Have Normal Looking Stools with Colon Cancer?
The appearance of stools, such as pencil thin or ribbon-like, or “tarry” or bloody, is often mentioned with colon cancer. But can stools be normal in appearance while cancer is growing in a person’s colon? [...]
Why You Have Constipation after Gallbladder Surgery
Constipation after removal of the gallbladder is actually common, and is not an indication that something went wrong during the surgery. For the procedure, an anesthetic is required to paralyze the bowel so that the [...]
What Finger Removal of Impacted Feces Feels Like
I was in the ER with impacted feces and will explain how it felt to have the doctor put his fingers “in there” and remove the feces–which just kept coming out and out. [...]
Pooping After Every Meal: Causes and Solutions
Sick of having to make a poop after every meal and wondering what’s causing this? There are actually multiple possible causes for having to make a bowel movement shortly after just about every meal. “One [...]
Colon Cancer Related Constipation vs. IBS Stools
Here’s a comparison between colon cancer related constipation & IBS. “Constipation as a symptom itself can be caused by colon cancer or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with predominant constipation,” says Franjo Vladic, MD, a board [...]
Can One Bowel Movement a Week Be Normal?
If you’re having only one bowel movement a week, this can mean an obstruction, says gastroenterologist Sander R. Binderow, MD. “It is important to also ask patients if they are passing gas if they have [...]
Is One Bowel Movement Every 3 Days Normal?
Here’s what a gastroenterologist says about having one bowel movement every three days. Some people have been led to believe that we “should” have one bowel movement every day—that it’s not normal to skip a [...]
Top 5 Natural Treatments for Your Constipation
Actually, the No. 1 doctor-recommended treatment for constipation is so effective that it counts as ALL of the top five. Constipation stinks (no pun intended). It hurts and in some cases can feel as though [...]
Intestinal Gas Bubbles: Sharp, Stabbing Rib Pain Explained
Here’s information on why gas bubbles in the intestines can cause so much pain, including in the rib area. It can stop you dead in your tracks: sudden, stabbing pain in a specific region of [...]
Malabsorption Syndrome: Cancer, Other Causes, Symptoms Q & A
Are malabsorption syndrome and cancer necessarily in the same sentence? Do you fear you're suffering from a malabsorption malady? Is there a way you can tell at home if you have this gastrointestinal ailment? If you've [...]
Why Does My Stomach Make Strange Funny Sounds?
Does your stomach make all sorts of gurgling, rumbling and other strange, weird sounds? "Has it reached a point where other people can actually hear your belly making these noises? I'm not talking about hunger [...]