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Bowel Movement

A bowel movement is the last stop in the movement of food through your digestive tract. Your stool passes out of your body through the rectum and anus. Another name for stool is feces. It is made of what is left after your digestive system (stomach, small intestine, and colon) absorbs nutrients and fluids from what you eat and drink.

Sometimes a bowel movement isn't normal. Diarrhea happens when stool passes through the large intestine too quickly. Constipation occurs when stool passes through the large intestine too slowly. Bowel incontinence is a problem controlling your bowel movements. Other abnormalities with bowel movements may be a sign of a digestive problem.

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  1. Bowel Movement (National Library of Medicine)  
    A bowel movement is the last stop in the movement of food through your digestive tract. Your stool passes out ... rectum and anus. Another name for stool is feces. It is made of what is left after ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/bowelmovement.html - Health Topics
  2. Diarrhea 
    ... pain that does not go away after a bowel movement Diarrhea with a fever above 101°F or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003126.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Bowel incontinence 
    ... passing gas, to not being able to control bowel movements. Urinary incontinence is when you are not able ... and nervous system must work together to control bowel movements. If there is a problem with any of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003135.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Constipation in infants and children 
    ... stools or may be unable to have a bowel movement after straining or pushing. ... Constipation is common in children. However, normal bowel movements ... have bowel movements about once a day. After that, babies can ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003125.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Frequent Bowel Movements (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Bowel Movement/Specifics ... Bowel Movement ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../basics/definition/SYM-20050720?p=1 - External Health Links
  6. ClinicalTrials.gov: Feces From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Bowel Movement/Clinical Trials ... Bowel Movement
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...cond="Feces"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  7. Alosetron 
    ... the feeling of an urgent need to have bowel movements caused by irritable bowel syndrome (IBS; a condition ... Alosetron works by slowing the movement of stool (bowel movements) through the intestines.
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a601230.html - Drugs and Supplements
  8. Stool Gram stain 
    A stool Gram stain is a laboratory test that uses different chemical stains to detect and identify bacteria in a stool sample. The ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003757.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Gram stain 
    A Gram stain is a test used to identify bacteria. It is one of the most common ways to quickly diagnose bacterial infection in the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007621.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Sodium Phosphate Rectal 
    ... into the large intestine to produce a soft bowel movement. ... the rectum. It is usually inserted when a bowel movement is desired. The enema usually causes a bowel ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a614018.html - Drugs and Supplements
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