2023年4月5日 · Holding in poop on occasion is not harmful, but doing this often can lead to constipation, impaction, inflammation, and more severe complications.

2024年1月7日 · Although you may hate going in public, holding in your poop isn't the best idea from a health standpoint. Here, an expert explains what can happen to your body.

2021年3月21日 · In a new YouTube video, Dr. Rameer Islam breaks down the science of what happens to your body when you need to go to the bathroom and hold it in.

2021年9月23日 · What Happens to the Body When You Hold in Your Poop? The most common issue related to frequently holding in poop is constipation. Some studies suggest that this may be a habit transferred from childhood when children begin to …

2024年7月2日 · Holding in a poop happens to most people every so often. Learn at what point ignoring a bowel movement becomes a health problem.

2024年5月9日 · What happens if you hold in your poop? Usually, it won’t cause health problems, but if you do it a lot, it can lead to constipation and other issues.

2023年3月31日 · When you hold poop in, stool travels from the rectum back up to the colon, allowing the water in the stool to reabsorb into the body. Poop, sans water, lives on in the colon as a thoroughly unwelcome guest.

Fecal impaction: If holding it in too long leads to constipation, that means that stool remains in the rectum longer than normal. Usually this bulk is eventually passed (albeit uncomfortably), but in some cases it can develop into an immobile bulk that is essentially stuck in the rectum.

2017年2月28日 · Holding your poop instead of going when your body says it's ready to can be a fast track to bloating and gas.

One of the most immediate consequences of holding in stool is constipation. The longer stool remains in the colon, the harder it becomes as water is absorbed from it. Eventually, this results in painful bowel movements that might require straining—a process that can be quite unpleasant.