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My dr gave me a pelvic exam and told me she thinks im having so much abdominal discomfort from constipation. how can she know just frm a pelvic exam?

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Dr. Ajay Acharya answered

Feel rectum: She can feel the rectum loaded, and painful....in bimanual exam.

Answered 1/30/2015

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