always feeling the urge
Mira asks: I have a problem I feel like I constantly have to go poo. I have regular BMs, so I know I'm not compacted. What is wrong with me? I almost feel like I did when I was in labor. I had a lot of labor pain in my rectum area. I have had this problem for three years. Please help me...
do you need to wash urine off?
Kate asks: Dear Motherload, If I leave my son with no diapers (I am toilet training him. He is sixteen months old) and he urinates on his legs, do I have to wash him down every time? I cannot use wipes because he is allergic to them. Or will his urine on legs not harm him, and is wiping him with a...
what do you do with a problem like an an
Joey asks: I recently discovered that I think I have an anorectal abscess. Do I need to goto a special doctor to get this taken care of or should I just got a general medicine doctor? Thanks for your help. Well Joey, Based solely on the particular way that you worded your question,...
can surgery or antibiotics change your p
Susan McGrath asks: My poop has changed twice lately. First, not too long after taking antibiotics, it started to hurt in my gut and that's how I knew I was going to poop. It hurt like bad gas pains. Slowly, that started to get better, but my poop was still a lot harder than before antibiotics....
beer and poop: why is there a correlatio
Shawn asks: I'm thirty years old and have had diarrhea about two times a month for the past few years. I know this isn't exactly "normal." Over the past few months, I've noticed that I will have diarrhea, sometimes severe, after simply drinking a beer or two. I am a true beer lover, not just one to...
does nasal drip reappear in your poop?
Anne asks: I have had horrible post nasal drip for a few months now, which I swallow all day. My doc says it is due to allergies. I noticed some mucus after I wiped myself after a bowel movement. Is it possible to swallow mucus and see it when you poop? Dear Anne, The average person...
poop smells like mothballs
Poop's Mommy asks: I have a 2-year old daughter and whenever she poops, it smells like moth balls! It is awful! I have only noticed it in the past month - does this signify that she is missing some vitamin or something in her diet ... or is she just a smelly pooper? Dear Poop's Mommy...
could vegetarianism change my poop?
The Shit Volcano asks: I am visiting family who are health nuts. They insist on eating pretty much vegetarian (though I have caught the bastards sneaking out at night for a burger at Steak N' Shake) and there is no meat in the house. This means I am forced to eat vegetarian. As a teenager, I was...
does constipation really hurt you?
Sharlene Asks: I have what is called colonic inertia or lack of motility of my colon. I also have the worst spastic colon, aka IBS. Now, without daily laxatives I just simply can't go for days. Even with laxatives, it might be only three times a week. My big questions is this: do you know of any...
algae-esque matter in my poop
SR Asks: I took a poop today. I always take a look at my creation. Today I saw something like fur intertwined in my poop. It looked fibrous -- not like something I ate, but like something that grew in my poop. Is that possible? I hope not... it had that algea-in-the-ocean look, but it was not green...
health risks from manual disimpaction?
KesAFloyd asks: I carry around a condom in anticipation of the rare, desperate occasion when I have a hanging chad that won't let go and I need to dig it out manually. Are there health risks associated with performing manual disimpaction too often? Should I take any particular precautions when...
oozing butt: is it related to giving bir
Ginny asks: Ever since I gave birth for the first time many years ago, most of the time after a bowel movement, I have to wipe and wipe and wipe and, later, I find I have to wipe some more. It can take a whole day to get clean back there. It just seems like poop is oozing out all day long. I can...
stress and bowel habits
Bill asks: OK, Motherload, I am a brand new member of PoopReport. My question is: how much can extreme mental stress change a person's bowel habits? Dear Bill, First off, welcome to PoopReport! Now, for the answer to your question. Extreme stress can have a major effect on one's bowel habits....
giant poops from a normal rectum
Johnboy asks: If my rectum is, as the books say, about six inches long, how can I do pieces of poop so much longer than six inches? I laid out a 15" log yesterday (measured with toilet paper, 4" on a side). Beyond that, I do them a foot or so with some frequency. In addition, after the long piece,...
should i push? should i grab it? should
Michael W asks: Today I had more trouble that I probably ever have going to the bathroom. I had to strain really hard, and it just wouldn't come out. It seemed like it was stuck or something and would almost come out, but stop near completion. I've had problems with rectal bleeding over the past...
red lump near ground zero
Pickleberry asks: Hi. My husband has a mysterious lump near his anus. It is about a centemeter to the right. It is not red, not itchy, not painful, and has no visible pus or anything of the like. It's more like a lump under the skin. I am convinced that it's just a lipoma, and that the location is...
tomato skin and other surprises
David asks: Hi! Lately I managed to have two urine infections and a virus in the space of about three months. And since then I have noticed a change in my poop -- although whether it was there before, I'm not sure. Though a doctor has said I could have IBS brought on by stress/anexity. I was just...
leaky, bloody, but not the usual suspect
Leaky Joe asks: Six months ago, I started having fresh, red blood on the toilet paper, and in small clumps in and on the poo. Doc said it was a 'roid... it's still there, but there's still no -- nor has there ever been -- any pain or discomfort. Now I'm experiencing anal leakage when passing gas....
white on the hair and on the crack
Dan asks two questions: i got these bumps on my ass ring area more to the middle and they dont ich but there not suposed to be there i assume they look like pimples with white heads but there hard like and i couldent get them to pop i scratched them off and they blead alot and they wont go away but...
bump like a swollen marble
dabump asks: Ok, I noticed a bump on the upper part of my ass crack the other day (yes another ass question) because it was feeling like a needle was being poked in my ass. So took a gander at it and there is this bump that looks like a swollen marble is sticking out of my ass. Now, I recall have...

my butt is leaky
March 25, 2004. 1,653 Comments