Digital disimpaction is when a person uses their finger to remove stool from the rectum. This procedure may be a last resort when other methods of passing the stool are not working. Sometimes, it is ...

Stercoral colitis arises from prolonged faecal impaction, in which hardened stool exerts sustained pressure on the colonic wall, leading to mucosal ulceration, transmural necrosis and, in severe cases ...

According to gastroenterologists, holding it in can have consequences.