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Bowel Movement
Movement of feces or stool from the lining of the intestine through the bowel and out of the anus is called bowel movement. Feces basically compose of undigested food, bacteria, mucus and cells. Our stool passes out of our body through the rectum and anus.
Regular/Normal bowel movement
- Passed once or twice daily
- Easily passed
- Proper and regular poop sensation
- No hardship in pooping
- Medium to dark brown
- Strong smelling
- Pain free to pass
- Soft to firm in texture
- Consistent in characteristics
- Mostly passed early morning or after breakfast
Irregular/Abnormal Bowel Movement
- Difficulty in pooping
- No urge or sensation of pooping
- Pooping too often (> 3times daily)
- Not pooping often (<3 times per week)
- Stiff feeling in stomach
- Excessive straining when pooping
- Pain when pooping
- Blood in the stool
- Bleeding while passing stool
- Hard, dry poop
It can be found using Bristrol Chart
Bristrol Chart
Causes of irregular bowel movement
- Unhealthy diet consumption
- Less water intake
- Lack of fruits and vegetable consumption
- High intake of red meat daily
- Lack of physical activity
- High intake of protein rich diet daily
- Poor programming in diverse diet intake
- Late to bed and late wake up
- Intentional control over bowl movement
- Constipation
- Hemorrhoid
- Inflammation
How to habituate ourselves poop regularly?
Adopt healthy food
- Drink sufficient water
- Eat fibers rich food
- Eat fruits, nuts, grains and vegetables
- Increase body mobility
- Do regular exercise
- Change in pooping position
- Punctual wake up to poop on time
- Regular mind set to do poop
- Solving constipation problems on time
- Adoption of home remedies
Conclusion
How regular you are with your pooping is very important. It is very much similar to cleaning our kitchen and dishes daily. How will it be our kitchen and dishes if we don’t clean and wash is daily? I just can’t imagine an unclean kitchen even for a single day. So, if we don’t poop daily or regularly, then is not at all good for our health. It all about storing unwanted thrash within our body which would do nothing good for our body rather it will spoil our body gradually. So, habituating daily bowl movement is very important for each and all of us to stay healthy and lead a better life all the way long.
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