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A 28-year-old female asked:
Is it good to use finger to take out remaining stool out everyday?
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Dr. Deborah Josefsonanswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Fecal impaction: there should be no need to manually remove your feces unless you have fecal impaction.
Maybe you are constipated. You should increase your intake of liquids and eat high fiber foods so that your bowel movements are regular and non constipated.
You can clean your anus with a wet wipe after bowel movements if necessary.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Is it good to use finger daily to remove remaining stool?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
No: If stool can not be released on it's own - then there is a problem. Would have this checked.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Is it good to use finger daily to take out stool?
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Dr. Susan Rhoadsanswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
No.: A proper diet and normal muscles and function of the colon should allow you to have bowel movements without doing this. If this does not happen, you need to find out what is going on.
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