For many months I have been dealing with a sensation in my bowels that feels like I need to have a bowel movement, but no stool passes when I try to go. Or, I would have a bowel movement, and then would feel the sensation of needing to have a bowel movement again shortly afterward, only to have nothing come out. Initially, I would strain to pass the stool which unfortunately caused hemorrhoids, and that is what my gastroenterologist is treating it as, just hemorrhoids and chronic constipation, but I can't help but wonder if it's something else. What else could this possibly be and what needs to be done to properly diagnose it?
Posted by annfrances31
For many months I have been dealing with a sensation in my bowels that feels like I need to have a bowel movement, but no stool passes when I try to go. Or, I would have a bowel movement, and then would feel the sensation of needing to have a bowel movement again shortly afterward, only to have nothing come out. Initially, I would strain to pass the stool which unfortunately caused hemorrhoids, and that is what my gastroenterologist is treating it as, just hemorrhoids and chronic constipation, but I can't help but wonder if it's something else. What else could this possibly be and what needs to be done to properly diagnose it?