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This article explains why pooping may feel pleasurable. It also outlines some of the characteristics of a healthy poop and discusses some of the problems associated with not pooping. The pudendal ...

Your poop (stool) can reveal information about your health. Your diet can lead to typically temporary changes in poop color or shape, but so can a range of health conditions that cause poop to be pale ...

An incomplete bowel movement—the feeling that you still have to poop, even when you don't—can be uncomfortable and frustrating. Also known as incomplete evacuation, it is a hallmark of irritable bowel ...

Holding in poop on occasion is not harmful, but doing this often can lead to constipation, impaction, inflammation, and more severe complications. People who hold in their poop too often may start ...

A person’s poop may be black due to eating certain foods, such as licorice, taking iron supplements, or gastrointestinal bleeding. If people have blood in the stool, they may benefit from ...

Seeing your poop float might surprise you. But it's usually nothing to worry about. More often than not, it's related to something you ate. Other times, floating poop can be a symptom of an underlying ...

Having clay-colored or light-colored stool just once, or every now and then, isn't usually a concern. But a consistently pale or light poop color may be a sign of a serious medical condition like ...

White stool: Should I be concerned? Mount Sinai. Stools - pale or clay-colored. UnityPoint Health. What the color and consistency of your poop says about you. Sutter Health. Blood in your stool.

Sometimes, people have poop that's so dark it looks black. It might also have a sticky consistency, like that of tar. If your poop is black, it might be due to a change in your diet, a new ...