A very enlarged prostate can be considered as an external tumor growing near your colon and compressing it.
Can enlarged prostate cause thin stools.
This makes that part of the colon near prostate get narrowed.
Parasites like tiny worms can get into your gut and cause thin stringy bms or stringy loose diarrhea.
In the vast majority of cases this is not prostate cancer.
Do not use for diagnosis.
My first problem is still having to go to the bathroom more than i should.
An enlarged prostate or bladder cancer can cause an anorectal stricture.
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Causes of prostate pain and pencil thin stools.
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These bugs are also called roundworms.
Lately i ve had thin stools that always sink.
Whilst it s normal for the prostate gland to grow as you get older it can also increase in size due to medical conditions.
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Continued parasitic gut infections.
I ve also noticed in the last few months that i ll dribble on myself after which i ve read is another cause of a enlarged prostate.
The prostate gland s job is to make a fluid which forms part of the semen.
This can occur with an enlarged prostate or bladder cancers.
Compression of these structures by a mass outside of the rectum or anal canal that presses against it.
The prostate gland becomes enlarged in most men as they get older.
An enlarged prostate gives urinary tract troubles because it imbalances the urethral sphincter function.
Stool will get blocked and reside more leading to constipation because the more the feces stay in the colon the more they dehydrate and become more harder and difficult to carry out.