This can occur with an enlarged prostate or bladder cancers.
Can enlarged prostate cause thin stools.
The prostate gland becomes enlarged in most men as they get older.
Lately i ve had thin stools that always sink.
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Continued parasitic gut infections.
A very enlarged prostate can be considered as an external tumor growing near your colon and compressing it.
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.
In the vast majority of cases this is not prostate cancer.
These bugs are also called roundworms.
This makes that part of the colon near prostate get narrowed.
Whilst it s normal for the prostate gland to grow as you get older it can also increase in size due to medical conditions.
The prostate gland s job is to make a fluid which forms part of the semen.
In terms of thin stools this may be seen with an anorectal stricture where there is narrowing within the rectum the anal canal or anus.
The next couple issues im not sure if its related.
Symptoms that may accompany narrow stools now that we have addressed the causes of narrow stools let s look at the.
My first problem is still having to go to the bathroom more than i should.
Compression of these structures by a mass outside of the rectum or anal canal that presses against it.
Parasites like tiny worms can get into your gut and cause thin stringy bms or stringy loose diarrhea.
An enlarged prostate gives urinary tract troubles because it imbalances the urethral sphincter function.
An enlarged prostate or bladder cancer can cause an anorectal stricture.
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