Stool can become impacted, or stuck, in your colon, blocking waste from leaving the body. This often causes pain and bloating. Treatment can include laxatives or procedures to remove the stool. When ...

Beach destinations from coast to coast have been impacted by fecal contamination in the water Getty Families hitting the beach this Labor Day weekend may be impacted by beach closures due to fecal ...

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 ...

A group home in Ohio allowed a man with "intellectual and/or developmental disabilities" and a "history of constipation" to go weeks without a bowel movement, leading to a "massive" collection of ...