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Painful stools

Painful stools

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How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Buttock, Lower abdomen

Is Symptom of

Constipation in children
Condition
Anal fissure
Condition
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Condition

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I have frequent urination and leakage accompanied by stomach cramping and I usually have loose painful stool in less than 30 minutes of a meal. Help??

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A 49-year old female asked:

Anal fissure is very painful and bleeding. Stools are softer but its hard to pass the.?

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