Fecal impaction occurs when stool forms that is hard, dry, and difficult to pass on its own. Individuals who experience constipation are more at risk of fecal impaction, which is more severe. When an ...

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Stercoral perforation is a rare cause of bowel perforation. It is caused by faecal impaction, which generates pressure against the colon wall, leading to ischaemic necrosis and subsequent perforation.

Faecal impaction is when a large mass of stool gets trapped in the rectum or the colon. Those experiencing faecal impaction should not take psyllium, as it may worsen the condition.

Surgeon Gabriel Weston travelled to Rhode Island in the US to watch Dr Colleen Kelly perform a faecal transplant — a procedure that has a 90% success rate when used to treat the life-threatening ...

Introduction Faecal calprotectin is a useful diagnostic assessment tool, providing accurate differentiation of organic bowel disease from functional issues. As with any test, there is a false positive ...

This would have the effect of reducing the number of unnecessary investigations such as colonoscopies, whist reducing health service costs. Faecal calprotectin is a well validated non-invasive faecal ...

Aims Faecal calprotectin is a neutrophil cytosolic protein which is validated as a reliable non-invasive marker of gastrointestinal inflammation in adults as well as children. The authors carried out ...