What Causes Frequent Urge to Defecate?

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.

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

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:

somewhat elevated basophil count

moderate unexplained weight loss

heart racing/palpitations

occasional bowel movement changes

abdominal pain relieved by BM

showers cause fatigue

back-of-neck lymph node problems

being very easily irritated

flatulence

active Crohn's disease

green stool color

frequent confusion/disorientation

... and more than 110 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	94%	Confirm
Mercury Toxicity	64%	Possible
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	14%	Unlikely
Diverticular Disease	4%	Ruled out
Endometriosis	2%	Ruled out
Crohn's Disease	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:

How often do you experience intestinal pain or cramping with an urge to have a bowel movement, sometimes without success?

Possible responses:

→ Don't know
→ Never / rarely / once a year or less
→ Occasionally - several times a year
→ Regularly - several times a month
→ Frequently - daily or almost daily

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate lack of painful urge to defecate, 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)

Uncoordinated intestinal contractions can result in under-digested food arriving in the rectum more often than is normal, causing people with IBS-D (Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea) to experience sudden, frequent, and painful urges to defecate. IBS sufferers may also have a hypersensitive gut and rectum and therefore feel urgency and pain more acutely than the average person.

Mercury Toxicity (Amalgam Illness)

Ulcerative Colitis

... and also rule out issues such as:

Crohn's Disease

Ulcerative Colitis

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