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Bowel Movements (Pooping):
Bowel movement is the process of excreting the feces containing undigested food, mucus, skin cells lining the intestines, bacteria, etc through the anus.
- Bowel movement is also called defecation, excreting stool, pooping, etc.
- The excretory waste feces is temporarily stored in the colon until it is defecated.
- The colon stores the feces (stool) for up to 12-48 hours.
- A healthy person usually passes stools once or twice a day.
The causes for holding poop vary from person to person. The dangerous effects are visible when holding bowels is regular in your routine life.
The causes for holding poop are:
- Inappropriate time to poop.
- Muscle injury or weakness.
- You are far from restrooms.
- Neurological disorders.
- Constipation.
- Passive Incontinence.
- Loss of stretch in the rectum.
- Nerve Damage.
- Abnormal sleeping times.
- Physical inactivity.
- Bowel obstruction.
15 Side-Effects Of Holding Bowels (Poop):
Constipation is the condition in which the individual has difficulty in passing stools or passes less frequently. The condition is considered constipation if the person passes less than three bowel movements a week.
Constipation is caused due to many reasons such as dehydration, low fiber intake, pregnancy, hormonal changes, navel dislocation, etc. The other cause of constipation is holding your poop for a prolonged duration. The natural remedy for curing constipation is drinking more water, performing some exercise, consuming fiber-rich food, etc.
2. Rectal Or Anal Damage:
Rectal or anal damage refers to damage of the skin around the anus or rectal region. These lead to redness, irritation, and pain during and after bowel movements.
Anal injury is also caused due to diarrhea, anal intercourse, passing hard stools, constipation, etc. The natural remedies to cure anal or rectal injury are to apply oil, glycerine, or other suitable gels, consuming fiber-rich food, eating yogurt and curd, etc.
3. lead To Formation Of Dry/Hard Stools:
The formation of dry and hard stools is also an underlining side-effect of holding your poop regularly. Holding your poop for a longer duration decreases its water content making it hard and dry. This leads to difficulty in farting, strain while passing stools, abdominal pain, bleeding, etc.
The other factors that lead to hard stools are aging, pregnancy, hormonal changes, low fiber diet, intestinal disorders, etc. The natural remedies to get rid of this are consume fiber-rich food, avoid alcohol, avoid regular change in diet, perform regular exercise.
4. Foul Smell Of Fart:
Farting, passing gas, releasing gas, passing the wind is the natural process that helps to release digestive gases through the anal opening. The farts may be soundless, louder, smelly, or odorless.
The changes in the nature of farts depend on the diet, intake of spicy or junk food, holding your poop, hormonal changes, use of medicines, food intolerance, etc. The natural remedy to cope with this issue is to avoid carbonated drinks, chewing the food properly, avoid junk food, say no to processed foods, do not hold your farts.
5. May Bleed While Pooping:
Yes, this is the common issue that most people face while passing hard stools. Holding your poop causes a decrease in fecal water content and makes it hard and dry. Thus, when these hard stools face difficulty in passing through the small opening anal, they try to expand the linings of the anus resulting in damage of anal skin causing bleeding while pooping.
Drink plenty of water, avoid constipation, add fiber-rich food to your diet and try not to control your poop until it's impossible to do.
Diarrhea is a condition in which a person passes watery, loose, or frequent bowel movements. The composition of the stool is water majorly. In this condition, the body loses most of the water content and may lead to dehydration and weakness.
Diarrhea is caused due to several reasons like drinking excess water, eating spicy foods, pood poisoning, navel dislocation, etc. It can be cured by following some natural remedies like avoiding contaminated food, consume fruit and fruit juices, drinking coconut water, avoiding spicy food, etc.
7. Rectal Or Anal Infection:
The stool to be excreted consist of bacteria and due to prolonged holding of poop in the rectal or anal region increase the risk of developing infections. This infection leads to pain, rectal discharge, fatigue, fever, etc.
The bacteria found in the stool are Salmonella species, Shigella species, E Coli, campylobacter, and many more. So, avoid the risk of developing such infections by allowing the passage of the stools regularly.
8. Pain During Bowels:
Pain is the common symptom of all the disorders of the body. The cause for this pain may include several reasons. Some of them are constipation, ulcers, piles ( hemorrhoids), the passing of hard stools, increased pressure during bowels, etc.
The pain leads to discomfort while you are sitting and rarely it can also cause bleeding during the bowels. The natural care to prevent or treat pain while passing stools is to avoid excess consumption of spicy foods, avoid prolonged sitting in the same position, consume yogurt and curd as it helps to provide smoothness to the stools for easy passage, avoid constipation.
9. Loss Of Appetite:
The term appetite defines the feeling of hunger and loss of appetite refers to a condition in which a person fails to sense their hunger and might not wish to eat the food. The causes for this condition may be serious or maybe due to your lifestyle. They include certain cancers, stress, depression, anxiety, colitis, pneumonia, and the routine habit of holding poop leads to deprivation of hunger.
The symptoms may include weakness, loss of taste sensation, weight loss, fainting, etc. The best way to treat this condition is to consume your favorite food, avoid fast foods, consume black pepper, ginger, Indian gooseberries, fruit juice, salads, etc.
10. Appendix issues:
The issue related to the appendix is appendicitis. It is a serious condition in which the appendix (a 9 cm long, narrow, worm-like structure projecting from the posteromedial wall of the caecum) is Inflamed and fillies with fluid and pus. The causes of this condition are infection, holding poop often, cancer, etc.
The symptoms include pain at the umbilicus or belly button, fever, vomiting, loss of appetite, pain in the lower-right side of the abdomen, chill, etc. The remedy for this is to drain the pus and fluid abscess, remove of appendix to avoid its rupture, consuming foods rich in fiber, fruits, and vegetables.
11. Cause Anal Fissure:
Anal fissure refers to a condition in which the lining of the anus gets torn or a small tear occurs in the lining of the anus due to the passing of large, dry, or hard stools or sometimes it is also caused when you poop with high pressure, anal sex, holding poop regularly.
The symptoms include pain which passing the stool discomfort or irritation or itchy feel while sitting and standing, bleeding after poop, difficulty in passing the stool, etc. To treat this you need to change your diet to fiber-rich food, consuming card, banana, drink more water, apply oil, glycerine to the anal fissures, pour warm hot to the injured area, etc.
12. May Cause Fecal Incontinence:
Fecal incontinence is generally referred to as the inability to maintain bowel movements. It is also called stool incontinence or bowel incontinence. The body loses its ability to send nerve signals to pass stools or not. It is caused due to damage of pelvic muscles, neurological disorders, abnormal functions of rectum muscles, and anal sphincter muscles, prolonged duration of poop holding, etc.
This leads to leakage of stool (feces) unexpectedly from the rectum and anus. It also leads to the release of stools while passing gas (farting). The natural remedies to deal with this situation are to change your diet to a healthy diet, wearing absorbent pads, performing pelvic floor muscle exercises, avoid louder cough and laugh, prevent sudden body movements, etc.
13. Buring Feel After Passing Bowels:
Yes, it is obvious to feel a burning sensation after passing your bowels. It is mainly due to the fact that the stool becomes too hard and dry after storing it for a longer period. Thus, finally, when it is about to come out it causes damage to the skin lining of the anal opening causing irritation or burning sensation.
It may also lead to bleed and pain. The tips to reduce the sensation of burn, pain or irritation are to pass the stools slowly without applying more pressure, apply oil or other gels, wash your anal opening slowly after pooping, pass the bowels when you urge to defecate.
14. Result In Vomiting:
15. Might Kill You:
Yes, you read the correct sentence. Rarely, but it may also lead to death. According to recent studies, it is said that pooping very hard or applying more pressure to pass your stools may be fatal. Increased pressure while pooping leads to damage of the lining of anal skin, rupture aneurysm which leads to internal bleeding and stroke.
The symptoms include blood in stools, burning sensation after passing stools, development of anal fissure, etc. The remedy is to prevent passing hard stools, avoid increased pressure during bowels.
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