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Defecation

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Passing food that is fully digested and ready for excretion out the rectum through the anus.

Dr. Ed Friedlander reviewed this

46 year experience in Pathology

How long it usually lasts:

Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)

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A 35-year old asked:

How do I do restore defecation?

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A 40-year old asked:

What is safe style of wiping after defecation?

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A 32-year old asked:

What causes the feeling of incomplete defecation?

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A 28-year old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: defecation?

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A 30-year old asked:

How do you clean the sensitive area of an elder after the defecation?

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A 33-year old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: Feeling of unfinished defecation?

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A 45-year old asked:

Can high stress cause constant frequent defecation?

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A 19-year old female asked:

I bleed during defecation only just recently, yet there is no pain felt. What could it be?

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A 62-year old male asked:

Very good evening doctors. With regard to wiping after defecation, is there a situation where there could be too much wiping?

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A female asked about a 16-year old male:

Should a GI dr do some kind of internal exam if defecation takes an hour or more and still has feeling of not being done? Or who do we see for this?

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A 33-year old male asked:

I have an external hemmy(albeit very small),&I thought it went away as defecation was painless recently, but when wiping I felt a jab.No blood.Thghts?

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A 49-year old asked:

I'm having theworse back pain after defecation, help?

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A 18-year old female asked:

How can you tell if your defecation reflex is damaged?

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A 36-year old asked:

What's the difference between defecation and fecal excretion?

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A 30-year old asked:

Can you get an infection if you don't clean properly after defecation?

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A 27-year old male asked:

Milky discharge during defecation occasionally, not associated with any other symptoms, what can be the cause?

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A 20-year old female asked:

I'm having pain during defecation and last night there's blood coming out when I defecate . a lot of blood. what could be the problem?

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A 16-year old male asked:

Days ago i had a prostate examination. However, later, i always have a sense of defecation but cannot and seems anus is about to fall. What is wrong?

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A 27-year old male asked:

When wiping after defecation, anus feels inflamed and swollen to the touch. Hour later when wiping without defecation, anus is not inflamed or swollen?

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A 31-year old asked:

How many grams of fiber will help defecation?

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A 36-year old asked:

Can spicy food cause anal pain during defecation?

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A 49-year old asked:

Can anyone tell me what can be the reasons for blood coming from anal region during defecation?

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A 42-year old male asked:

My oxygen dropped to 88% for 10 seconds, when I was defecation, any idea what could be the reason?

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A 39-year old female asked:

What are the size effects of regular use of glycerine suppositories use to gain releif from incomplete defecation;thanks?

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A 19-year old female asked:

I might be experiencing haemorrhoids. The following also describe me: Feeling of unfinished defecation and Constipation. What should I do?

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A 23-year old male asked:

I am a 21 year old unmarried male. After defecation, few clear sticky drops come out of penis even if I do not force during defecation. Plz help me.

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A 26-year old male asked:

In last 3 years after waking from sleep i have drops like semen in my underwear every day, now it occur while Im awake and sometime during defecation?

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A 20-year old female asked:

I have a knotting pain in my upper abdominal region after defecation?

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A 44-year old asked:

What should I do if I am experiencing vaginal discharge during defecation?

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A female asked:

I have excessive rectal bleeding ( hemmoroid) without defecation is it possible ? And to stop the bleeding ?

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