Pain when you poop isn't something you "just have to live with." It's a symptom of another health issue, and you can treat most of them easily. If you have trouble on the toilet, it helps to learn the ...

Everyone has had at least one or two bathroom trips that were less than comfortable. Sometimes the discomfort is a little cramping or gas. Other times, it could be that you have indigestion. Pain when ...

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Paradoxical diarrhea, or overflow diarrhea, is when you have constipation and diarrhea at the same time. It happens when watery stool leaks around a fecal impaction (hardened piece of stool stuck in ...

Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...

While hard bowel movements happen to everyone from time to time, they can also be a symptom of an underlying medical condition. In a perfect world, your stool would be soft and easy to pass every time ...

Some toddlers find learning to pass stool without a diaper challenging. They may have had a large or painful bowel movement previously and be afraid to defecate again, so they begin withholding stool, ...

Doctors said average people do not have 5 to 15 pounds of stool "stuck" in their gut, despite claims circulating on social media. The cells that form the lining of the intestine regenerate ...

Black specks in stool may be due to undigested food, such as blueberries. However, they can also be a sign of internal bleeding or liver problems. In newborns, black stool may be meconium. Daily ...