Glossary for Fecal straining

Medical terms related to Fecal straining or mentioned in this section include:

• Abdominal symptoms: Symptoms affecting the abdomen or digestive tract
• Alternating Bowel Habit IBS: It is a functional bowel disorder characterized by chronic abdominal pain, discomfort, bloating, and alteration of bowel habits in the absence of any organic cause. IBS may be associated with pain disorders.
• Anal cancer: A cancerous malignancy that is located anatomically in the anus
• Anal conditions: Conditions that affect the anus
• Anorectal disorders: Conditions that affect the anorectum
• Bowel conditions: Medical conditions that affect the bowels
• Bowel movements: Changes in type or frequency of bowel motions
• Bowel obstruction: A condition which is characterized by the obstruction of the gastrointestinal system
• Bowel problems: Symptoms affecting the bowel
• Carbamate insecticide poisoning: Excessive ingestion of carbamate insecticide drugs.
• Constipation: Hardness of stool or difficulty or inability to pass feces.
• Constipation-predominant IBS: IBS is a functional bowel disorder characterized by chronic abdominal pain, discomfort, bloating, and alteration of bowel habits
• Cycad nut poisoning: The cycad nut contains a toxic chemical called cyasin which can be leeched out by soaking in water. The nuts are often used as a food source but it is important to leech out the toxic chemicals first. Eating nuts that still contain the toxin can cause serious symptoms. Cycad nuts may also increase the risk of developing liver cancer.
• Dehydration: Loss and reduction in body water levels
• Diarrhea-predominant IBS: IBS is a functional bowel disorder characterized by chronic abdominal pain, discomfort, bloating, and alteration of bowel habits
• Digestive symptoms: Any symptoms affecting the digestive tract.
• Durand-Nicolas-Favre syndrome: Infection by Chlamydia trachomatosis which can be contracted through sexual intercourse or through contact with contaminated material.
• Dysentery: severe diarrhoea with passage of blood and mucus
• Fever: Raised body temperature usually with other symptoms.
• Laxative abuse: When a person uses laxatives to excess
• Organophosphate insecticide poisoning: Excessive ingestion of organophosphate insecticides. The type and severity of symptoms varies depending on the exact poison ingested and the quantity.
• Pelvic lipomatosis: A rare disorder where benign fatty growths develop in the pelvic area. Mainly occurs in obese, hypertensive, black males during old age. The main symptoms of the disorder tend to be related to compression of various genitourinary organs by the abnormal mass.
• Post-infectious IBS: Post-infecttios IBS is a functional bowel disorder characterized by chronic abdominal pain, discomfort, bloating, and alteration of bowel habits following any infection affecting the body.
• Pregnancy symptoms: Symptoms related to pregnancy.
• Proctitis: Inflammation which occurs in the rectum
• Protozoan Conditions: Any condition caused by the infection of the human being by a protozoan organism
• Rectal conditions: Any condition that affects the rectum
• Shigellosis: An infectious disease which affects the intestinal tract and is caused by the Shigella bacteria. The condition may be severe, especially in children, but may be asymptomatic in some cases. The disease can be transmitted through fecal-oral contact.
• Stool symptoms: Changes to stool such as diarrhea
• Tenesmus: feeling of incomplete evacuation of bowel

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