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I have had a problem with being able to have a bowel movement for a week or so now i do have the urge to but when i go nothing happens please help?
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See below. : Can be one of many etiologies ranging from from medications to obstruction. Difficult to evaluate without better history and physical exam. Best to see your Dr.
Answered 8/15/2014
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Many tests available: Sounds like you have a functional defecation disorder, or FDD or possibly a rectocele. 1st step is to get tested. A good GI doctor can perform rectal manometry, where a special catheter measures pressures of muscles that are involved with retaining and propelling stool. If this fails, you can get defecating proctogram or MRI defecography, but this means you have to be in the Radiology department.
Answered 4/22/2018
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