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Huffington Post // World

I'm A Doctor ― Noticing This Sensation While Pooping Is A Red Flag Health Sign

Saturday 2nd November 2024, 7:00AM

Good news for people who check their loo roll after wiping: according to Dr Karan Rajan, you’re doing your gut health justice. And in a new video, the doctor ― who’s known for getting into the nitty-gritty of gut health on social media ― says there’s one sensation you shouldn’t experience when going number two. In an Instagram Reel, the doctor followed up on a video from a woman who claimed “no-one’s gonna tell you this, but I will, poop isn’t sharp.” Doctor Rajan responded, “If you feel your poop is sharp, it’s probably nothing to do with your poop.” Why?Well, as the initial comment says, poop isn’t sharp ― a sharp feeling when passing stool can only be created by the flesh surrounding the area.So if you have a tear in the “soft squishy lining of your anus, AKA an anal fissure, this will be agonising and give you the sensation that your rectum is being massaged by sandpaper every time you take a dump,” the doctor

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