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Low back pain, made worse by straining during bowel movement
Low back pain, made worse by straining during bowel movement
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 30-year old asked:
Can straining during bowel movements cause ongoing lower back pain?
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A 21-year old male asked:
I had a sharp pain at the top of my head when straining during a bowel movement. What could this be?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Can straining to have a bowel movement cause your body temperature to rise a little bit? Isn't there a nervenor something that can get irritated during a bowel movement, which can cause reactions like that?
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A 31-year old male asked:
I sometimes have clear penile discharge when straining during a bowel movement, is this normal?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can my vagina prolapse during large bowel movement with straining?
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A 32-year old asked:
Can straining to have a bowel movement cause back pain?
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A 39-year old asked:
What happened if I strain during my large bowel movement?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I have been consipated for two days. I finally used the bathroom but noticed bright red blood when wiping during the bowel movement. I strained during the bowel movement. I never had this happen before. Can straining cause it? Do I need call doc?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Is it normal to have sharp shooting rectal pain during bowel movement w straining? only happens during my period. pain worsens with more pushing.
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A 26-year old female asked:
Some bright red blood in stool 2 bowel movements. Have anal itching and straining during movements. Haven't had a movement since last night. No pain.
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A 31-year old asked:
Why must I avoid straining during bowel movement bm?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Perineum tear/swelling/itch, sometimes looks like it turns into a blister after straining during a bowel movement. Have IBS-C. Is this common? Causes?
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A 27-year old female asked:
27female Have right side groin pain for a few months. Worse when pressed. No pain on other side. No pain when urinating/bowel movement. Muscle strain?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Will straining during bowel movements cause my hiatal hernia to become strangulated if done regularly?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Bright red blood in my stool for short time in toilet bowl, appeared thrice- in july 25, 26 and today when i strain during bowel movements. Help please?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Can over straining while passing stool leads to nerve or vein in head & neck to break ?After straining during bowel movements feel pain in forehead .
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A 34-year old asked:
There is no swelling or extreme pain. But there is bleeding during strained bowel movement. Could this be internal hemorrhoids?
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A 27-year old male asked about a 27-year old male:
Hemorrhaging stroke?Strained badly during bowel movement, bad left side head pressure/pain and pain in jaw/neck. Discomfort/pain/pressure, no weakness
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A 26-year old female asked:
Pinching pain feels close to surface upper left abdomen x 2days. gurgling. Stool normal. Feels worse with movement or straining. Appetite normal. 27/F?
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A 36-year old female asked:
History of migraine lately get migraine after bowel movement even if I don't strain?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I feel exhausted after almost every bowel movement, even when I don't strain. But I'll be fine before. What could it mean?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I have coccyx pain for 2 yearsespecially after having bowel movement even though I Don't strain . What can I do ? I haven't fallen it started spontaneously
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A 33-year old asked:
Why shouldn't you strain a bowel movement after cataract surgery?
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A 32-year old male asked:
It takes me a very long time to finish a bowel movement. I don't strain, there is no pain, stool is soft and normal color. But i can be in washroom 1h?
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A 18-year old female asked:
2mo since bowel movement, always been irreg. Have h pylori. Hemmroids from straining so hard, in agony! cnt go w/o enema, lax don't work. What do I do?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Is it dangerous to strain on the toilet from a bowel movement?? I'm only 20 but I strain pretty hard every time I try to poop
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A 54-year old female asked:
I had a complete/total hysterectomy a year ago, I had to strain for a bowel movement when I wiped there was pink blood coming from my vaginanot rectom?
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A 51-year old male asked:
Is it a coincidence that i had a Migraine Aura after a bowel movement from a little straining ,is there a connection?Also one from Peak flow.test.
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A 18-year old female asked:
My vagina hurts when I strain to make a bowel movement. I just gave birth 3 months ago. I thought it would go away. But it hasn't lightened up any?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Today I notice i had mucus,like chunks first,than bowel movement.Is my first time having this,i have been doing more bowel than usual and i dont know what it is.And a bit straining. ?
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