The most common is piles. These are nothing but the swollen veins at the anus caused by straining a stool for the long period. If piles are large enough, they are easily visible from outside. There may be localized bleeding and is extremely painful. The regular intake of laxative on daily basis makes person abused towards the same.
The another condition is known as herniation. Hernia is nothing but bulging of the abdominal contents that passes through any of the bodily canal especially abdominal wall. This is made worse by excessive strain when trying to get rid of the dry or hard stools. This results into the prolapse of the rectum or prolapse of the womb.
There is another situation called as fecal impaction in which the stools in the rectum and last portion of intestines gets harden and blocks the transit of other stools. This is very common among people with old age, pregnant women and people with colonic inertia. This condition leads to crams and rectal pain with difficulty in passing the stools. Very often, there will be oozing of the liquid or the mucus around the blockage of the hardened stools, giving false impression of diarrhea.
However constipation doesn’t create much problem, but when it becomes chronic – long lasting, it is hazardous. This may turn into fissure called fissure in anus. This is one of the most troublesome situations. As the stools are dried, they may scrap the skin of the rectum and may bleed along with stools. Improper digestion may lead to malnourishment. Some researches show that this may welcome the factors causing rectal cancer. Chronic constipated person usually going to be suffered by hemorrhoids.
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