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What Causes Diarrhea And Constipation While Suffering From Severe Stress?
Hello, I have been under extreme stress for about 6 plus months and in the last 2, have been having explosive diarrhea after a couple of days of mild constipation, total evacuation. Every 3-4 days now. Today it struck again, and although that has settled, now when I go to the loo for a wee, and wipe my front, there is a deep yellow with spots of darker tan, on the paper. Not normal for me, urine in the toilet looks normal. Has some diarrhea lost it s way ..?..I have showered etc, still happening. Should I be worried or will it settle? thank you
Fri, 12 Jan 2018
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about your question about alternating severe constipation and diarrhea mainly affected by stress and anxiety and emotional troubles....it may also refer to infection of the intestine ...but mainly with your story you should know that stress and anxiety cause hormonal disturbance of your body......this hormonal disturbance lead to severe relaxation of the smooth muscle of the intestine followed by severe spasm of the muscle and this is enough to make you feel severe constipation and severe diarrhea and it may also cause you to feel anorexia or desire for vomiting........irritable intestine moovement appear in the form of constipation and diarrhea....also severe stress lower your immunity and makes you easly infected with any intestinal bacterial or viral infection.......the most important thing is to get out your stress and anxiety ....simple if you did that you will feel improvement alot.............wish you healthy life
about your question about alternating severe constipation and diarrhea mainly affected by stress and anxiety and emotional troubles....it may also refer to infection of the intestine ...but mainly with your story you should know that stress and anxiety cause hormonal disturbance of your body......this hormonal disturbance lead to severe relaxation of the smooth muscle of the intestine followed by severe spasm of the muscle and this is enough to make you feel severe constipation and severe diarrhea and it may also cause you to feel anorexia or desire for vomiting........irritable intestine moovement appear in the form of constipation and diarrhea....also severe stress lower your immunity and makes you easly infected with any intestinal bacterial or viral infection.......the most important thing is to get out your stress and anxiety ....simple if you did that you will feel improvement alot.............wish you healthy life
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