Constipation occurs in as many as 1 in 3 American adults. Older people and women are at highest risk. Constipation is generally defined as As a side effect of your intermittent bowel movements, you can also have bloating, gas, and abdominal pain.
Finding blood in your feces is a cause of concern and not a cause of panic. As you sit on the toilet, you suddenly find that the blackness of your stools, but then there is a streak of red when wiping after a bowel movement.
Most common in persons above the age of 50, a hiatal hernia occurs in up to 60% of people over the age of 60. It's a condition that occurs when the top of your stomach bulges through the area (hiatus) and into your chest.
Experiencing the act of swallowing appears instinctive yet it has approximately 50 pairs of muscles and several nerves. You must bite, chew and ready the food to swallow it and then push it into the stomach.
In the United States, dysphagia occurs in 300 000 to 700,000 individuals. The disorder, which is typified by a lack of ability to swallow, considerably affects the normal life. It may also cause severe complications such as malnutrition, dehydration and aspiration pneumonia.
When you are suffering the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), then it is likely that you are living with stomach pain, gas and bloating, ongoing or regular diarrhea, constipation or an uncomfortable combination of the two. IBS may occur in any individual including children, although more prevalent in women.
Retal bleeding in most cases is not a symptom of a serious disease- but it does not imply that you should disregard the symptoms. The hemorrhoids are the most widespread cause of the rectal bleeding.
Heartburn is experienced by a minimum of 15 million individuals in the United States and a significant number of these individuals have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This is a long term disorder that may cause damage to the esophagus.
Constipation may occur as a result of food shifting, drugs, or age, but normally these periods are intermittent and you get back to a normal bathroom routine in a few days or weeks.
It is worrying when you have blood in your stool or in your toilet or on your toilet paper. The blood is in most instances a consequence of a non life threatening issue like anal fissures or hemorrhoids.
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