If the stool is in your rectum (the part of your large intestine right inside the anus), your doctor will try to take it out manually. They will insert a lubricated, gloved finger into your anus to break up the mass. Enema and laxatives The next step may be to evacuate the stool wit...
Most stool floats because it contains an excessive amount ofgas. By itself, it is normal and has little meaning. Changes in diet can lead to stool that floats, but as an isolated symptom, no action needs to be taken, and often it resolves spontaneously. The stool does not float because ...
In this condition, the lining of the rectum is inflamed. The rectum, where the stool passes out of the body, is situated at the end of the colon. Proctitis can be due to sexually transmitted diseases,radiation therapy, infection, orinflammatory bowel disease. This condition causes the followin...