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Can you have diarrhea with fecal impaction?
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Fecal Impaction : Yes. Absolutely and it represents significant danger. The stool that is impacted can be so damaging that the body resorts to diarrhea to get other stool out. You need to see a GI doctor urgently.
Answered 6/10/2014
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