When you hold your poop for six hours, you turn constipated because the stool gets harder. Imagine holding that poop back for 12 hours, the longer you hold it in, the harder it gets.

Poop and stool habits account for numerous discussions among parents, especially for those with newborn children or parents who are in the throes of potty training. It's true, no topic is off ...

First things first, it is not advisable to hold in poop. However, if you are in a situation where you can't pass the stool, you can control the relevant muscles until you finally empty the bowel.

What's a normal poop schedule, anyway? It's a question worth considering. Because while no two people's schedules are exactly alike, recent research found that consistently irregular bowel ...

Holding in your poop when you gotta go is not only uncomfortable, it can also be unhealthy. Holding in poop is unhealthy p pulse After a certain amount of time, things are going to get UGLY. Just ...

But holding in your poop when you gotta go is not only uncomfortable, it can also be unhealthy. “The idea of holding it isn’t the best thing,” says Dr. Niket Sonpal, assistant clinical professor at ...