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2. Constipation - Wikipedia

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   The stool is often hard and dry. [4] Other symptoms may include abdominal pain, bloating, and feeling as if one has not completely passed the bowel movement. [3] Complications from constipation may include hemorrhoids, anal fissure or fecal impaction. [4] The normal frequency of bowel movements in adults is between three per day and three per ...

3. Melena - Wikipedia

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   Melena is a form of blood in stool which refers to the dark black, tarry feces that are commonly associated with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. [1] The black color and characteristic strong odor are caused by hemoglobin in the blood being altered by digestive enzymes and intestinal bacteria.

4. Functional constipation - Wikipedia

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   Functional constipation, also known as chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC), is defined by less than three bowel movements per week, hard stools, severe straining, the sensation of anorectal blockage, the feeling of incomplete evacuation, and the need for manual maneuvers during feces, without organic abnormalities.

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   Blood in your stool or black or tarry stool (which may indicate cancer higher up in the colon and is more common among women, according to Mongiu) Abdominal pain, aches or cramps

6. Have Blood In Your Stool? Here’s What It Could Mean

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   Seeing bright red blood in your stool can be alarming, but it is highly common. ... and black or tar-like stool suggests bleeding in your stomach from an ... Anal tears can occur when passing hard ...

7. Fecal impaction - Wikipedia

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   The treatment of fecal impaction requires both the remedy of the impaction and treatment to prevent recurrences. Decreased motility of the colon results in dry, hard stools that in the case of fecal impaction become compacted into a large, hard mass of stool that cannot be expelled from the rectum. [citation needed]