Enemas clean out your bowel. This is helpful for treating constipation or before specific procedures where a provider needs to visualize the bowel. Enemas can also deliver medication to the bowel.

Your daily bowel movement offers vital clues about your digestive health, according to Dr. Saurabh Sethi. Pebble-like or firm ...

Stools are typically soft and easy to push out. When stools are hard to pass, it can feel like you haven’t fully emptied your bowels. This could be a sign of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation ...

An ileostomy is an opening in the abdominal wall that a surgeon makes to provide a way for the small intestine to release stool. After an ileostomy, a person’s stool will be loose or porridge-like.

Bowel cancer is a general term for cancerous cells that multiply uncontrollably in the large bowel (colon and rectum). The disease is also known as colorectal cancer and if detected early enough, ...