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Pseudodiarrhea is often associated with rectal urgency and accompanies irritable bowel syndrome, hyperthyroidism, and anorectal disorders such as proctitis. Patients with rectal obstruction (e.g., from fecal impaction, obstruction due to a vaginal pessary) may also present with pseudodiarrhea, since only liquid stool can make it through. [2] [3]
A human colon is considered abnormally enlarged if it has a diameter greater than 12 cm [3] in the cecum (it is usually less than 9 cm [4]), greater than 6.5 cm [3] in the rectosigmoid region and greater than 8 cm [3] for the ascending colon. The transverse colon is usually less than 6 cm in diameter. [4] A megacolon can be either acute or ...
Irritable bowel syndrome. IBS is a type of functional gastrointestinal disorder and can cause a number of symptoms, including diarrhea, constipation, bloating and gas. If you seem to have diarrhea ...
Section of the large bowel (sigmoid colon) showing multiple pouches (diverticula). The diverticula appear on either side of the longitudinal muscle bundle (taenium), which runs horizontally across the specimen in an arc. Specialty: General surgery: Symptoms: Abdominal pain, fever, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, blood in the stool [1] Complications
Symptoms like rectal bleeding, unexplained weight loss, and constipation or diarrhea can be warning signs of colon cancer. Many symptoms of colon cancer can also indicate more mundane illnesses.
Symptoms of diarrhea from stress The symptoms of stress-induced diarrhea are similar to what you’d experience from “regular” diarrhea—they’re just triggered by stress. Those include:
The most common form of dysentery is bacillary dysentery, which is typically a mild sickness, causing symptoms normally consisting of mild abdominal pains and frequent passage of loose stools or diarrhea. Symptoms normally present themselves after 1–3 days, and are usually no longer present after a week.
Volvulus can also arise as a rare complication in persons with redundant colon, a normal anatomic variation resulting in extra colonic loops. [ 12 ] Sigmoid volvulus is the most-common form of volvulus of the gastrointestinal tract.