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What Causes Fecal Impaction And Painful Spasms During Defecation?

I go to the bathroom every day but every once in a while my stool gets stuck.Then a few hours I get these painful spasms every few minutes and pieces of stool comes out.When it is ready to come out I have intense spasms that forces the stuck stool to come out.Is this some kind of disorder I have?
Wed, 25 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

As far as my clinical experience is concerned, the condition is due to intestine motility related issue, intestine flora upset, narrowing of intestine lumen, neurology related conditions or else giving hard stools and fecal impaction.

Painful spasms are secondary to reflux pain via pudendal nerves as hard stool is not able to pass through external anal opening.

I recommend to immediately visit the ER unit and get treatment with consultant surgeon who will prescribe Dulcolax suppository or soap water enema after per rectal examination.

Do give me further chance to assist in future.

Thank you.
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What Causes Fecal Impaction And Painful Spasms During Defecation?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. As far as my clinical experience is concerned, the condition is due to intestine motility related issue, intestine flora upset, narrowing of intestine lumen, neurology related conditions or else giving hard stools and fecal impaction. Painful spasms are secondary to reflux pain via pudendal nerves as hard stool is not able to pass through external anal opening. I recommend to immediately visit the ER unit and get treatment with consultant surgeon who will prescribe Dulcolax suppository or soap water enema after per rectal examination. Do give me further chance to assist in future. Thank you.