Digestive Health: Overview

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  • Appendicitis - Topic Overview

    05/14/07, Healthwise

    Appendicitis is one of the causes of serious belly pain. It happens when the appendix, a part of the large intestine, becomes infected and inflamed. Experts do not know what the appendix does in the body, but most of the time it does

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  • The Itch We Don't Talk About

    02/05/09, Johns Hopkins University

    The reality is that many people—very often women, especially after childbirth—are afflicted with itching around the rectum.

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  • Constipation, Age 11 and Younger

    11/03/08, Healthwise

    Constipation occurs when stools become hard and are difficult to pass. Some parents are overly concerned about how often their child has bowel movements because they have been taught that a healthy child has a bowel movement every day. Th

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  • Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger

    04/28/08, Healthwise

    Every baby or child has different bowel habits. Your baby may have as many as 4 to 10 stools a day or as few as 1 every 3 days. Many breast-fed babies will have a bowel movement with each feeding and sometimes between feedings. During

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  • Diarrhea, Age 12 and Older

    04/28/08, Healthwise

    Diarrhea occurs when there is an increase in the number of bowel movements or bowel movements are more watery and loose than normal. When the intestines push stools through the bowel before the water in the stool can be reabsorbed, diarrh

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