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Advice on pain while passing stools
Only initial pain while passing stools, no crams no stomach pain. Please advise.
(30 Mar 2006)
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You are a victim of a very common problem called constipation. This problem occurs quite a few times in people’s lives especially when there is a dietary fiber deficiency or when the normal and required water intake is also severely compromised. It is also theorized that the position taken when defecating has a great deal to do with the problem as well.
Stool or feces are the left over of the digestive process. When the food has received all the enzymes and additives, it requires from the stomach and gall bladder for breakdown, it finally ends up in the intestines. In this part of the digestive process, the food is absorbed into the blood for further transportation to the cells. What remains is then passed on to the colon where the remaining, indigestible components of what has been ingested have to be excreted. Other bodily wastes are also added at this point and finally the process ends at the rectum where it is expelled. The rectum is a storehouse for fecal matter to accumulate. The rectum has a network of nerves that trigger the response to release the fecal matter when an optimum size has been reached. If the urge to defecate is ignored and is not acted upon, then the feces are sent back into the colon. This is where problems start in constipation. Regular fecal matter has a lot of water in it and this water is reabsorbed in the colon before the feces reaches the rectum. When the urge to defecate is ignored or not acted upon, the fecal matter is returned to the colon and water reabsorption occurs again. This hardens the stool and when finally, defecating is possible, and attempted, the stool is so hard that it takes a great deal of effort and pain before it is ejected.
Ideally, the consistency of stool for defecation should be moderately liquefied. To remedy constipation, you need to increase your intake of dietary fiber, which is present in most green vegetables, legumes, nuts, skins of many vegetables and fruits. These are indigestible by humans but carry water all the way to the intestines making defecation easier. In addition, drinking water immediately after finishing a meal or during the meal is extremely important. Finally, never ignore an urge to defecate as doing this will just cause more constipation to occur which if allowed to worsen will cause hemorrhoids.
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answered by G M on 25 Sep 2009, 2:12:50
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You seem to have had chronic constipation and the initial pain while passing stools is due to haemorrhoids. Piles or haemorrhoids is one of the most common ailments today. In hemorrhoids, the veins inside or just outside the rectum become inflammed.
Make sure you drink plenty of water (at least 8 glasses or more daily). Eat foods with rich in dietary fibers such as whole grains, salads, bran cereals, and fruits.
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answered by P P on 23 May 2006, 6:23:00
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