Constipation is difficulty emptying your bowels. Fecal impaction is the buildup of hardened stool in your bowel that you can’t pass. Fecal impaction is a potential complication of chronic constipation ...
Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Paradoxical diarrhea occurs when watery stool leaks around a fecal impaction.You can develop paradoxical diarrhea from long-term constipation.Treating ...