What is colon pain? Colon pain is any soreness within the colon of the large intestine. It is a symptom of some underlying disease and may occur along with other symptoms like diarrhea, constipation, flatulence and abdominal distention. In most instances it is difficult to attribute pain within the abdomen as arising from >> Read More ...
The upper abdomen is a part of the trunk between the lower ribs and the navel. Epigastrium is the medical term for the upper middle region which lies high up in the abdomen. It is approximately where the breastbone ends, although the uppermost part of the abdomen is tucked under the ribcage and behind the breastbone. Pain >> Read More ...
We never expect stool or urine to be expelled unless we want to purposely evacuate it. The act of passing urine or passing stool is usually controlled to the point where we can get to a toilet and relieve ourselves. Sometimes accidents do happen when a person has a bowel disease but this is usually short-lived. With >> Read More ...
Constipation and diarrhea are at the opposite ends of the spectrum of abnormal bowel habit. After a bout of diarrhea, constipation may seem like a welcomed relief from the frequent trips to the toilet, loose or watery stool, excessive gas and sometimes abdominal pains. But constipation can end up being as distressing as >> Read More ...
Gastric emptying is the process by which the stomach empties its contents into the duodenum of the small intestine for further digestion of food and absorption of nutrients. While this may seem like a simple process, it is carefully coordinated so as not to overwhelm the duodenum with large amounts of partially digested >> Read More ...
The stomach is constantly emptying after meals to slowly release partially digested food into the small intestine. This is a normal part of digestion. When the stomach is empty for long periods and if the blood glucose levels are low, we feel this emptiness as the sensation of hunger. However, sometimes this empty stomach >> Read More ...
The food that we eat has a long journey through a convoluted tube that we refer to as the digestive tract. Each section of the digestive tract has specific functions. When one part is affected, it can have a perpetuating effect on other parts of the tract. The digestive tract like any part of the body is prone to a host of >> Read More ...
Varying shades of brown is accepted as the normal stool color but sometimes it may be other colors. Most of these other hues are considered as abnormal. One of these abnormal colors ia green tinge to overtly green color of the bowel movement. It has to be investigated as this can be a sign of various diseases. The >> Read More ...
What is fecal impaction? Fecal impaction, or impacted stool/ feces, is the accumulation of stool into a large, hard and dry mass within the lower part of the large bowels i.e. rectum and sometimes extending into the sigmoid colon. This impacted feces form a stone-like mass that is known as a fecolith or fecaloma. It may >> Read More ...
Polyps are outgrowths of tissue from the mucosal surface of a cavity. These growths are not unique to the small and large intestine and may be see anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract like esophageal and stomach polyps and also occurs within other cavities like nasal polyps in the nose and uterine polyps in the uterus. >> Read More ...
