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What will happen if you hold your poop in for a day? can you get appendicitis?
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Not related: The appendix is at the juncture of the small and large intestines - way higher than where poop would be stored if you withheld going to the bathroom. So nothing will happen if you hold onto it for even several days.
Answered 5/23/2016
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