Paradoxical diarrhea happens when loose, watery stool finds a way around hardened, impacted stool in your colon and leaks from your anus. Also called overflow diarrhea, it’s often a symptom of a ...

Abby the Red “For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a difficult time going. I’ve tried lots of things—drinking more water, eating more fiber, more exercise, stool softeners—and nothing has worked. I ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, Clancy took her daughter to a pediatrician, called a local CVS store about a stool-softener prescription and ordered dinner at the ThreeV restaurant in Plymouth.

I’ve tried lots of things—drinking more water, eating more fiber, more exercise, stool softeners—and nothing has worked. I’d read a toilet stool helped things get moving so I figured I had ...

However, these pale stools suggest that there may be a life-threatening blockage in the liver preventing bile, the green fluid stored in the gallbladder that gives stool the yellow/brown color, from ...