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Conditions›Digestive diseases›Gastrointestinal disorders›Anal and rectal diseases›Rectal impaction

Rectal impaction

Chronic constipation causes hard/dry stool to accumulate in the rectum where it becomes stuck.

Dr. Heidi Fowlerreviewed this

Psychiatry 27 years experience

Is a type of:Anal and rectal diseases

How long it usually lasts:

Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)

How common is it?

Common

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A 33-year-old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: Rectal impaction?

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A 27-year-old member asked:

How did our ancestors on the prairie treat rectal impaction?

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A member asked:

My brother says I should get treated because once in a while I get rectal impaction? Is he right?

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A 52-year-old female asked:

Last couple days #5 on Bristol scale but don't feel complete and no more urge to go rest of day. Possible rectal impaction?

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A member asked:

What can I do for my rectal impaction without going to a doctor?

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A 62-year-old male asked:

Good evening doctors. Is the digital rectal exam that is done for possible fecal impaction the same type of examination that is performed to check the health of the prostate? Can a gastroenterologist perform a digital rectal exam for the prostate?

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A 60-year-old male asked:

Hi doctors! How is fecal impaction treated? Can you "pass gas" if you have fecal impaction? If you cannot make a bm at all, could it be anything worse/more severe than fecal impaction, something like...colon/rectal cancer or something like that?

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A 20-year-old female asked:

X rayshowed impacted bowel. Have had off and on rectal bleeding then sudden diarrhea what could cause this?

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A 36-year-old member asked:

Rectal pain and unable to make a bowel movement. Impacted?

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A 40-year-old female asked:

Is it normal to have major bloating a day after a rectal exam w/ lower back pain? Impacted w/ blood in stool, external/internal hemorrhoids, loose stool

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