Several health conditions, including abscesses and fistulas, can make wiping more difficult or affect your ability to feel completely clean after going to the bathroom. If you feel like you have to ...

IT IS the purpose of this paper to report and discuss a patient with cicatrizing ileitis, accompanied by obstruction and abscess, who was observed during the seventh month of pregnancy. Surgical ...

She completed advanced fellowships in hepatology/transplant and gastroenterology, with clinical expertise in colorectal ...

A Crohn’s flare can be painful, but it’s important to know when your symptoms are signaling an emergency. Here’s when to seek immediate care for a Crohn’s-related illness. Sarah Simkin, of Carlsbad, ...

Many people have small pouches in the lin­ing of the colon, or large intestine, that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Multiple pouches are called diverticula. The ...

Diverticulitis symptoms usually include left-sided abdominal pain, chills, and nausea. Most diverticulitis cases can be ...

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons has published clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with cryptoglandular fistulas, rectovaginal fistulas and anorectal fistulas ...

Americans are most likely to develop diverticula in the sigmoid colon, or the lower section of the large intestine that is closest to the rectum. As a result, the sigmoid colon also happens to be the ...

Q: I am 60 and I just had my screening colonoscopy. Although the good news was that there is no cancer, the bad news was that I have diverticulosis. How bad is that? A: Screening for colon cancer is ...

Tenesmus is the feeling you need to have a bowel movement, even if you just had one and your colon is empty. You may try to pass poop and find nothing comes out, or only small amounts leave your ...