Paradoxical diarrhea affects thousands yet remains widely misunderstood. Learn how this condition develops when liquid stool ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Paradoxical diarrhea, or overflow diarrhea, is when you have constipation and ...

Fecal impaction occurs when a large mass of hard, dry stool gets stuck in the colon or rectum and cannot pass naturally through a bowel movement (also known as pooping). If you have a fecal ...

Your doctor might even recommend a colonoscopy to look for possible ... But in the case of a severe fecal impaction, you may need to go to the hospital. There are various reasons why your stool ...

Controversy continues about whether the best approach to colorectal cancer screening is colonoscopy or noninvasive testing with fecal occult blood testing. To investigate further, researchers ...