An impacted bowel, also known as fecal impaction, is a large, hard mass of stool that gets stuck in the rectum (the lowest part of the colon, or large intestine). It prevents you from having a ...

Constipation which is not adequately treated may lead to more serious problems including impaction or a bowel obstruction. An impaction is treated with manual removal of all lower bowel contents ...

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Some cases of chronic constipation can cause fecal impaction. With fecal impaction, some stool remains stuck at the end of ...

Paradoxical diarrhea happens when loose, watery stool finds a way around hardened, impacted stool in your colon and leaks from your anus. Also called overflow diarrhea, it’s often a symptom of a ...

Constipation may occur due to fecal impaction, which is when stool accumulates and gets stuck in the colon. It may also occur if inflammation is limited to the rectum (ulcerative proctitis ...

"The average person has 5 to 15 pounds of impacted fecal matter inside their gut," he said in a video shared with Fox News Digital. (See the video at the top of this article.) If things aren’t ...