What Causes Frequent Urge To Defecate?

Frequent urge to defecate can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'needs attention' to 'serious'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose frequent urge to defecate, we could:

Research the topic
Find a doctor with the time
Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "frequent urge to defecate" as a symptom. Here are six possibilities:

Ulcerative Colitis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Endometriosis
Mercury Toxicity
Diverticular Disease
Crohn's Disease

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:

back-of-neck lymph node problems

highly elevated lymphocyte count

bowel movement changes

frequent unexplained fevers

regular unexplained nausea

abdominal discomfort relieved by BM

genital sores

Crohn's disease in remission

gums that bleed easily

frequent stools

nasal congestion

occasional slight bloating

... and more than 80 others

Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause

A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of frequent urge to defecate:

Cause	Probability	Status
Ulcerative Colitis	99%	Confirm
Endometriosis	67%	Possible
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	29%	Unlikely
Crohn's Disease	2%	Ruled out
Diverticular Disease	0%	Ruled out
Mercury Toxicity	0%	Ruled out

* This is a simple example to illustrate the process

Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis

The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.

If you indicate irregular stools, The Analyst™ will ask further questions including this one:

Do you have frequent intestinal pain or cramping with an urge to defecate, sometimes without success?

Possible responses:

→ No / don't know
→ Rarely
→ Occasionally
→ Approximately daily
→ Several times per day

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate occasional painful urge to defecate, regular painful urge to defecate or frequent painful urge to defecate, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as:

Crohn's Disease

Diverticular Disease

Endometriosis

IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)

Mercury Toxicity (Amalgam Illness)

Ulcerative Colitis

... and also rule out issues such as:

Crohn's Disease

Ulcerative Colitis