Stercoral perforation is a rare cause of bowel perforation. It is caused by faecal impaction, which generates pressure against the colon wall, leading to ischaemic necrosis and subsequent perforation.

In a conversation on the ‘Sentimental Men’ podcast, Erivo opened up about the laborious process of shooting ‘Wicked’.

(On his own illness) I saw a specialist who asked me 'Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?' I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas. When the inventor of ...

State Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Renji Hospital, School of ...

Bowel screening aims to find cancer early or to find changes in your bowel that could lead to cancer. How often do you have it? People who can take part receive a bowel cancer testing kit every 2 ...

Dad had Alzheimer's and became a resident at Elvaston Lodge as he required an increasing amount of care for his personal needs. The home recognised his individual and changing needs and adapted ...

Primary prophylaxis in patients with high risk oesophageal varices to prevent oesophageal variceal bleeding (OVB)—The CAVARLY is stronger together!!

Objectives Delirium, a neurocognitive disorder, typically occurs in older patients and those with advanced cancer. Although there have been numerous reports on delirium in patients with cancer in ...

Your GP might arrange a test that looks for tiny traces of blood in a sample of your poo. The traces of blood might be too small to see. This is a test called FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test). You do ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that primarily affects the large intestine (colon). It may also cause signs and symptoms in other body systems, which are called ...