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