I agree on the doctor advice. However, I have a constant need to poo. I know where it comes from and am in constant contact with doctors. Long story short, get good communication with a doctor.

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Number One . . . I order you to take a number two.

So you have felt the need to poo for three years, nonstop?

Why did you wait for so long to get help? If I had a constant urge to poop for a week, I would have seen a doctor.

Lastly, after a good bowel moement, you don't get any relief?

If you are that full of poop, I strongly advice that you stay away, within a 60 mile radius of Washington D.C. The shit that comes out of the politicians mouths, just might be too overwhelming for you to bare.
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A man who farts in church, sits in his own pew.

Can't say as though I've experienced this myself.... but my dad always has to shit. And he does! This guy is amazing. He can poop, leave the crapper for 20 minutes, go back in and lay more cable, then leave for an hour, then go back for another round of splish splash for the turds, and he'll do this for hours! If he's traveling it's even worse. We would stop at ANY place that looked like it MIGHT have a restroom available, even places that you'd NEVER dare drop a deuce in. Long trips with him were torture. I'm not sure what would prompt him to have to shit all the time (since he's never "given birth"), but whatever it is, his a shittin fool. His girlfriend can't get over how much shit comes out of one person. We just got used to dad being full of shit.

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Rock-n-roll! Poopy-poo!

Being a male, I've got no real labor issues - for now - but I'll get a bout of constant-urge-to-poop that will last two or three days. That happens once or twice a year. Could it be the same thing? Either way, Mira, go to the doctor now!

You know, that's whats happening to me these days. Don't know whats going on. Maybe the flu?

The medical term for having the urge to shit even though the brown loaves were long since delivered is "tenesmus". It is usually caused by conditions which cause inflammation in the rectum though sometimes rectal masses can be the culprit. If the problem has been present for three years you should definitely get it checked out. Apart from a history and physical exam (including a rectal exam), your workup may also include some form of endoscopy (looking at your lower bowel with a flexible fiberoptic tube/camera). Sigmoidoscopy (looking at just the rectum and sigmoid colon) may well be the test indicated.

See your doctor.

Really nice post, Kam! Thanks for the information.

I agree with all of you. It's CRAZY that people wait so long to get help. The stigmas on butt trouble in our society makes you all so embarrassed to go and ask "wtf, mate?"

However, if I had butt cramps for that long, I'd know there's trouble.

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According to wrongdiagnosis.com, tenesmus is a symptom, rather than an ailment in and of it self. Kam is absolutely correct. That site suggests that this might also be related to Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which I believe a number of folks on this site have a lot of experience with that syndrome. IBS author might be able to add to the discussion if he gets on line. In the mean time, Mira might want to read some of the threads that discussed it to see if she has any of the other symptoms mentioned.

By the way, wrongdiagnosis.com is a legitimate web site moderated by physicians. Not sure why they picked that name, but I think it has to do with providing a means for understanding why some conditions are misdiagnosed. It appears to be a pretty useful site where you work from your symptoms to a range of possible causes. And yes, they invariably recommend you see a doctor and they also tell you which specialists you might need to see. Check it out when you have a moment. Plenty of bowel-related stuff, of course.
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There's a certain air about me....

I always have the urge to poo, I'am afraid to see a doctor as my died of pancreactic cancer. What should I do. The stomach doctor I have been to is old and tired and i don't trust his judgment.

Uhh...Make an appointment with a DIFFERENT doc.

By the way, WHO died of pancreatic cancer? You didn't say.

Actually, I'm more interested in the fact that A.C. has a doctor who's old and tired. I had a summer job in an operating room while in college, and there was an old surgeon who had Parkinson's or something. His hands shook like crazy. You should have seen some of the beautiful incisions he made, NOT. No one wanted to scrub in with him because he knew he had lost his physical skill and his temper reflected that.
Not the only bad surgeon I saw by any means, but I pitied some of the patients who had no idea they had risked their lives in his care. He used to actually allow me to do the skin sutures because that was the part the patient would notice first when the dressing came off. (I still retained some of my old skill when, years later, I stitched my own leg up after waiting futilely in a crowded E.R., giving up, and calling a girl I knew at a dentist's office to get me some sutures. It came out beautifully, healed nicely, and you can hardly tell where the scar is.)

Old and tired isn't so bad compared to someone slicing up a patient with a quivering, jerky hand.
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hi, my daughter is 18 and has ibs, but she has that under control now and doesnt go toilet as much, but she gets a constant urge too poop but doesnt need to, this has ruined her life as she is too scared to go out of the house now incase she poos herself, im so worried about cus she puts herself down all the while, can sum1 help plz?

I think we're really talking about you, aren't we? Because to have a daughter who is 18, you'd be oh... say about 35, at least.

In general, 35-year-olds do not use the term "sum1". But whatever.

Let's cut to the chase and address the (*cough*your*cough*) problem. The answer is to call the doc who diagnosed the IBS originally and make an appointment and tell them what you told us.

hi, it is my daughter i am on bout i am 39 actually, the reason I use that talk is because I have my 18yr old and a 15 yr old and they use it in texts and so do I, how dare u say I am referring to myself if I was I would say so, I ain't that sad.

Ok thn u shd tk hr 2 a dr kthxbi

thanx for the apology, its easy for u/me to say go to the doc shes so scared to even go to the shop let alone the docs

Actually, I was teasing you, :) but I'm glad there's no hard feelings.

The way I see it you have 2 choices:

Option # 1: FORCE her to see a doctor for her own good (after all, who is the parent here, and who is in charge?) Drag her forcibly if you have to.

Option # 2: Fix up the basement, because she's never leaving home. At least you'll always have someone to feed the dog and water the plants when you go away.

This may not be a rectal problem at all. You said it feels a lot like it did when you were in labor. Though this did not happen to me (a lot) when I was in labor, it does sometimes happen during menstrual cramps. Your body kind of gets confused and thinks that it has to shit really bad.

My sister has had many female problems. Among them is a disease known as endometreosis (pardon the retarded spelling). This disease can cause horrible pains in the uterus ALL month, not just during your period. It may also manifest itself as pain in the anus or rectum. There are many other female diseases, such as PCOS and PID that cause these kinds of pain as well. I suggest you see a gynecologist just to clear this up.

Please, I speak from (my sister's) experience.

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If a man farts and no one's around, does he make a sound?

my daughter is 18 not 8, she has her own house and a 6 month old baby , how do u expect me to drag her to the docs she has her own mind and i cant tell her wot to do, she knows wot she has to do but is soooooo scared to go out, i came on here for sum helpful advice and so far u are not helping at all

oh and i aint got a dog, my daughter aint a baby shes a human being how can u say put her in the basement she aint a dog

"...she has her own mind and i cant tell her wot to do, she knows wot she has to do..."

I think you just answered your own question.

Furthermore, I didn't say put her in the basement like a dog. I said "Fix it up" for her. If she can't leave the house, she'll need someplace nice.

every three months i get pain like if they were labor pains in my bowel is this serious

i always need a poo in school it feel like a " turtel head " can any 1 help

Try going for a jog or some other exercise that will get your heart pumping for at least 15-20 minutes. If you jog, make sure there's a john near by!!! It'll clean you right out!

Hi i feel like that too, always needing to shit and after trying to shit i get up and immediatly need to shit again but cant, there is only gas. its been like this for 2 years.