Is it unhealthy to wait too long before using the bathroom?!


Question: Sometimes at school I am forced to hold in bowel movements if the lesson is very important. I am wondering, is it unhealthy to wait too long before using the bathroom and in what way? Does it stress the body? A source would be nice too.


Answers: Sometimes at school I am forced to hold in bowel movements if the lesson is very important. I am wondering, is it unhealthy to wait too long before using the bathroom and in what way? Does it stress the body? A source would be nice too.

Yes. It can lead to constipation as well as putting pressure on the colon. The stool backs up causing cramping and can cause the colon to enlarge.

Go to the bathroom when class lets out. If you are uncomfortable during your classes, you may have to tell your instructor that you need to leave to the bathroom. Get a tape recorder if you think you're missing something.

Best wishes.

dont wiat too long

actually it hurts your bladder and when you get older you can die from

Just for that short amount of time, no it wouldnt be unhealthy....it would be if you held it for days.

Aside from most people finding it very uncomfortable, yes, it is harmful. Between 40-60% by mass of what you poo out is not what you didn't use of your food, it is dead bacteria and the waste that the bacteria in your intestines produce. These are considered toxins, and keeping such toxins inside your body, in contact with the cells lining the bowel, for so long leads to cellular damage. By having such a long time between bowel movements, if you do this on a regular basis, you increase your chances of bowel cancer by 5-20x; although it can be difficult to determine what comes first sometimes -- constipation is also a frequent side effect of bowel cancer.

Constipation can also be symptomatic of other problems, such as a poor diet or constant dehydration, which themselves will have knock-on effects on health.

As well as it being linked with cancer, you can end up with benign bowel polyps which have to be removed surgically, or you can simply end up with an impacted bowel and hemorrhoids from straining. These are also not exactly desireable. Even worse is the fact that you can even end up with "fissures", the term for tears in the lining of the bowel, from the pressure of constipation, and this usually requires medical treatment. You increase your chances of colitis as well, where the bowel becomes inflamed and painful, and which feeds into the risk of cancer.

A healthy diet and normal bowel operation should mean 1 or even 2 bowel movements a day.
have been told it is harmful because our fecal matter (poop) has alot of things in it that shouldn't sit in our intestines for very long because I've been told it put you a greater risk of cancer. Also you body has a mechanism called peristalsis which pushes food through your digestive system. If you hold off a bowel movement you WILL change this mechanism to work slower. How do I know this? Because this is how I am. Let's just say I had issues with BM's when I was a child so I would hold my BM. If you hold a BM you will become constipated and many people can't stand this. I have lived with it all my life and am quite used to it. I am tired a lot and have dry skin and think that this is the reason. Water is drawn to the bowels to help move waste out of the digestive system. I would recomend that everyone let there body do what it is supposed to do. Waste material needs to be discarded

It can be stressful on your bladder and stretch the neck of the bladder. Later in life, you might dribble.

As for holding in BMs, yes, that can be very bad as well as the reason we have BMs in the first place is to GET RID OF WASTE. If you hold it in, it cannot leave, so your sphincter gets' overworked and later in life you might dribble.

Check this out. http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2...

well i dont have a specific source but ya i think it is most likely bad cuz if it needs to come out then it should...it comes out for a reason...any doctor would tell you a real answer

ya, its not good to hold it in. when you have to go, you have to go. theres no other place for it to go besides the toilet so if you dont go, it can go into your blood stream and it goes into places it shouldnt be. it kinda trains yourself to not go as often and thats bad to put ur body on an unatural schedule. :)

It is terribly unhealthy and can be very dangerous, as previously stated, can cause all sorts of problems with your colon, intestines, liver, and even your stomach. Your body is naturally made to rid itself of toxins, and when that doesn't happen, the toxins can be absorbed into your body, which is terrible for you. I suggest you go when you have to and have someone take notes for you, or bring a tape recorder with you to record the lessons so you can review them later and not miss anything.





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