The process of excretion or defecation is as important as eating food. Getting rid of the waste products in your body reduces the chances of infections and bacterial diseases to affect you. There are ...

As a result of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients may have a partial or complete loss of the sensations of defecation. To compensate this impairment, nurses initiate bowel management programs.

Ogun State is currently under the siege of a cholera outbreak that is sweeping through communities, leaving deaths in its trail. So far, about 12 deaths have been reported, while over 200 cases ...

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With over 48 million Nigerians still practising open defecation and a nationwide shortage of toilets, some public health physicians doubt the country’s ability to achieve open defecation-free status ...

Chronic constipation is more than just the occasional “off” day in the bathroom. It’s when going becomes difficult, ...

Residents of Chorkor, a coastal community in Accra, are grappling with the challenges of open defecation, posing significant health risks to the community. The lack of access to sanitary facilities ...

The open defecation invites pigs from the neighbouring slums, making hospital all the more inhospitable. A large number of patients from Chatra and Koderma districts of Jharkhand visit ANMMCH on a ...