Thin stool: Pencil-thin stools can signal a narrowing of the intestine due to conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or colon cancer. Chronic diarrhea or severe infections may also cause ...

Bowel screening aims to find cancer early or to find changes in your bowel that could lead to cancer. How often do you have it? People who can take part receive a bowel cancer testing kit every 2 ...

Some of these conditions can slow the wave-like contraction of the intestines, known as peristalsis, drawing excess water out of stools. Other conditions can lead to bowel obstruction. The diagnosis ...

This is the first study systematically evaluating the prevalence and severity of constipation in patients with constipation under routine treatment conditions. Constipation was highly prevalent ...

You may have too much vitamin D if you experience stomach discomfort, unusual mental symptoms, or kidney problems. Excessive vitamin D also shows up in a blood test. Vitamin D plays an important ...

Surgery has been limited to solving obstruction and small bowel perforation. Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGID) constitute a pathology characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the ...