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A 24-year-old female asked:
No bowel movement prior to this, but gassy. had a small amout of brown discharge from anal area (not vaginal discharge) causes?
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Dr. Oscar Novickanswered
Pediatrics 60 years experience
Paradoxical diarrhea: You may have a condition known as paradoxical diarrhea, where hard stool from constipation damages the lining of the rectum and causing loose stool to leak around the hard stool. The constipation may be due to the medicatio, zoloft, (sertraline) you are raking.
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