Symptom Checker

Constipation

Infrequent, hard, or difficult bowel movements, straining during defecation.

Low fiber diet, dehydration, pelvic floor dysfunction, medications, pregnancy, or hormonal changes.

Incomplete Evacuation

Feeling of incomplete bowel emptying after defecation.

Pelvic organ prolapse, rectocele, constipation, or weak pelvic floor muscles.

Faecal Incontinence

Inability to control bowel movements, unintentional stool leakage.

Pelvic floor muscle weakness, anal sphincter injury, childbirth trauma, or nerve damage.

Flatus Incontinence

 

Inability to control passing gas, unintentional flatus leakage.

Weak pelvic floor muscles, childbirth trauma, rectal prolapse, or nerve injury.

Dyschezia

Difficulty or pain when passing stool, often associated with defecation-related pain.

Endometriosis, rectocele, pelvic organ prolapse, or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Melena

Black, tarry stools indicating digested blood in the stool.

Gastrointestinal bleeding (ulcers, cancer), NSAID use, or severe constipation.

Bleeding on Passing Stool

Blood in or on the stool, often bright red.

Hemorrhoids, anal fissures, inflammatory bowel disease, or colorectal cancer.

Faecal Urgency

Sudden, intense urge to have a bowel movement, sometimes leading to incontinence.

Pelvic floor dysfunction, Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), pelvic floor dysfunction, or rectal prolapse.

Perineal Descent

Dropping of the perineal area during defecation, associated with pelvic floor weakness.

Chronic straining, pelvic organ prolapse, childbirth trauma, or aging.

Perineal Tear

Tear or injury to the perineum, often following childbirth or trauma.

Childbirth, episiotomy, or pelvic floor trauma during surgery.

Rectocele

Bulging of the rectum into the vagina, causing difficulty with bowel movements.

Childbirth trauma, chronic constipation, pelvic organ prolapse, or aging.

Obstructed Defecation Syndrome

Difficulty in passing stool, sensation of blockage during defecation.

Rectocele, pelvic organ prolapse, weak pelvic floor muscles, or anal sphincter dysfunction.

Proctalgia Fugax

Sudden, severe rectal pain, often short-lasting and recurrent.

Pelvic floor muscle spasm, stress, nerve irritation, or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Rectovaginal fistula

Leak of motion or gas through vagina

Child Birth trauma, operative injury, tuberculosis, crohn’s disease, cancer rectum, cancer vagina