Defecation is the natural and essential process of having a bowel movement. It is the body’s way of getting rid of waste material. Sometimes, there may be complications with the defecation reflex.

If you’re having a hard time sensing when you need to go to the bathroom or are chronically constipated, you should see a doctor. You may have a disorder involving your defecation (pooping) reflex.

As a result of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients may have a partial or complete loss of the sensations of defecation. To compensate this impairment, nurses initiate bowel management programs.

The process of excretion or defecation is as important as eating food. Getting rid of the waste products in your body reduces the chances of infections and bacterial diseases to affect you. There are ...

Open defecation Eliminating open defecation, a practice strongly associated with poverty and exclusion, is critical to accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) sanitation ...

Isn't it just shocking that 47 million Nigerians are practising open defecation? It's real! According to the 2018 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping, WASH NORM, Survey, at ...