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def·e·cate

(def'ĕ-kāt),

To perform defecation.

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defecate

(dĕf′ĭ-kāt′)

v. defe·cated, defe·cating, defe·cates

v.intr.

To void feces from the bowels.

v.tr.

1. To void (feces) from the bowels.

2. To remove impurities from (a liquid, such as fruit juice), especially in sugar refining.

def′e·ca′tion n.

def′e·ca′tor n.

def·e·cate

(def'ĕ-kāt)

To perform defecation.

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Defecate

To pass feces (stool) out of the rectum through the anus.

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Q. Can pregnancy cause an increase in bowel movements? After very long years now I am 7 wks pregnant with my first child and I have noticed that I'm having more frequent bowel movements during this pregnancy. They are neither loose nor hard out of the ordinary. My husband is little bit afraid of what’s happening with me. I too fear of it. I don’t want to loose him. Has anyone else experienced this, and is this normal? Can pregnancy cause an increase in bowel movements?

A. It is nothing to worry maria. It’s a usual happening during pregnancy. Here I am 13 weeks pregnant with my second child and I too experience frequent bowel movements (2-4/day). It feels as if I am not gaining any weight b/c everything that goes in goes right out. I know this is okay. Here we can get an expert's opinion on this. So don’t worry and comfort your loving and caring husband. My best wishes for your healthy first baby.

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As for the approach to assessing for slow transit once a defecatory disorder is excluded, the statement says, "consideration should be given to assessing colonic transit by radiopaque markers, scintigraphy, or a wireless motility capsule in patients with persistent symptoms on laxatives."

AGA issues new position statement on constipation

A normal exam, however, does not exclude defecatory disorders.

Constipation: first exclude defecatory disorders

In this phase, the patients were assessed in the same way that in the baseline period (self-monitoring of each defecatory episode and four sessions of psychophysiological valuation).

Biofeedback aplicado al tratamiento de pacientes con estrenimiento cronico debido a defecacion disinergica

Patients with mild constipation and defecatory complaints may benefit from the addition of a probiotic preparation.

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* Defecatory disorders--pelvic or anal dysfunction (pelvic-floor dyssynergia) causes symptoms such as tedious or impossible evacuation despite prolonged straining.

The effective management of chronic constipation and IBS-C

* Suspicion of defecatory disorders (eg, pelvic floor dyssynergia)

Chronic constipation: let symptom type and severity direct treatment: how various therapies fit into the scheme of things; what is unlikely to help

Pouch of Douglas hernia is an important but often unrecognized cause of pelvic pressure and defecatory dysfunction.

When is her pelvic pressure and bulge due to Pouch of Douglas hernia? Your patient reports symptoms similar to pelvic organ prolapse, but prolapse is not the problem. These authors offer how to make an accurate diagnosis

Problems may present as genital bleeding, unusual vaginal discharge, pain or pressure, and/or defecatory complaints, or may only be identified on routine vaginal examination (Sarma et al., 2009; Wu et al., 1997).

Pessary care: follow up and management of complications

In a study of > 1000 patients with primary constipation, normal-transit constipation was most prevalent (59%), followed by defecatory disorders (25%), slow-transit (13%), and a combination of defecatory disorders and slow-transit (3%).

Best practices in: chronic constipation in the elderly

A systematic review by Rao et al concluded that evidence to support the use of Diagnostic findings in patients with defecatory disorders blood tests, radiography, or endoscopy in the routine workup of patients with constipation without alarm features is lacking.

Management of chronic constipation: recommendations from a consensus panel

Defecatory dysfunction, characterized by incomplete evacuation and digital manipulation, was associated with worsening posterior compartment POP.