Your poop is a surprisingly useful health indicator. Changes in the texture, smell, and color of your stool can mean many different things. If your stool is suddenly greener than usual, you’re ...

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Fecal impaction refers to a mass of hardened stools in the colon or rectum. This obstruction can make it extremely difficult for a person to pass stools and may cause symptoms such as abdominal ...