Bowel movement

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Bowel movements

Bowel movement: Bowel movement is listed as an alternate name or description for symptom:

Bowel movements

Causes of Bowel movements (Bowel movement): See detailed list of causes below.

Bowel movements (medical symptom): Changes in type or frequency of bowel motions

Causes of Bowel movements (Bowel movement)

The list of medical condition causes of Bowel movements (Bowel movement) includes:

3-alpha-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency - diarrhea
3-alpha-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency - diarrhea
Abdominal abscess - diarrhea
Abdominal Cancer - constipation
Abdominal conditions - Bowel problems

All 2383 causes of Bowel movements

More Specific Symptoms for Bowel movement:

Review the causes of the following types of more specific symptoms for Bowel movement:

Diarrhea (2312 causes)
Constipation (726 causes)
Frequent bowel movements (15 causes)
Irritable bowel syndrome (26 causes)
Bowel infrequency (5 causes)
Fecal incontinence (135 causes)
Fecal straining (21 causes)
Changes in bowel habits (6 causes)
Altered bowel habit (35 causes)
Urge to defecate (10 causes)
Travellers diarrhoea (6 causes)
Chronic diarrhea (66 causes)
Persistent diarrhea (71 causes)
Chronic diarrhoea (37 causes)
Malabsorption diarrhoea (16 causes)
Fecal urgency (11 causes)
Loose stool (219 causes)
Bloody diarrhea (75 causes)
Severe diarrhea (26 causes)
Watery stool (63 causes)
Infectious diarrhea (7 causes)
Acute diarrhoea (41 causes)
Frequent stools (14 causes)
Tenesmus (52 causes)
Rectal tenesmus (16 causes)
Fecal impaction (17 causes)
Hard stool (3 causes)
Abrupt watery diarrhoea (33 causes)
Absence of bowel movement (23 causes)
Acute Crohns-like diarrhea symptoms (11 causes)
Acute diarrhea in children (35 causes)
Acute ibd-like diarrhea (12 causes)
Acute ibs-like diarrhea (13 causes)
Altered bowel habit in pregnancy (16 causes)
Alternating constipation and diarrhea as in case of ulcerative colitis (15 causes)
Alternating constipation and diarrhoea (15 causes)
Blood streaked diarrhea (14 causes)
Blood streaked diarrhoea (32 causes)
Bowel incontinence (2114 causes)
Bowel infrequency in pregnancy (12 causes)
Bowel movements in pregnancy (3 causes)
Bowel obstruction (72 causes)
Bowel problems (2509 causes)
Bowel problems in pregnancy (12 causes)
Changes in elimination habits (31 causes)
Chronic crohns-like diarrhea symptoms (17 causes)
Chronic diarrhoea with weight loss in children (28 causes)
Chronic diarrhoea without weight loss in children (15 causes)
Chronic fatty diarrhea in children (5 causes)
Chronic ibd-like diarrhea (16 causes)
Chronic ibs-like diarrhea (13 causes)
Constant chronic diarrhea (16 causes)
Constant diarrhea (10 causes)
Constipation during pregnancy (22 causes)
Constipation in children (over 6 months) (52 causes)
Constipation in infants (first 6 months) (15 causes)
Constipation in pregnancy (11 causes)
Crohns-like diarrhea symptoms (23 causes)
Crohn's-like diarrhoea symptoms (23 causes)
Intermittent obstipation (17 causes)
Diarrhea in children (32 causes)
Diarrhoea similar to celiac disease (38 causes)
Complete obstruction (5 causes)
Excessive watery diarrhea (15 causes)
Failure to expel stools (19 causes)
Fecal soiling in children (30 causes)
IBS-like diarrhea (23 causes)
Dysentery (20 causes)
Incomplete evacuation (9 causes)
Incontinence of faeces (1 cause)
Incontinence of feces (18 causes)
Intense urge to defecate (20 causes)
Intermittent Crohns-like diarrhea symptoms (9 causes)
Intermittent ibd-like diarrhea (14 causes)
Intermittent ibs-like diarrhea (8 causes)
Intermittent osmotic diarrhea (15 causes)
Intermittent sudden onset on diarrhea (19 causes)
Involuntary defecation (18 causes)
Leakage of liquid stools (21 causes)
Leakage of stool (21 causes)
Mild crohns-like diarrhea symptoms (11 causes)
Mild ibd-like diarrhea (13 causes)
Mild ibs-like diarrhea (10 causes)
Painful stool in children (13 causes)
Recurring Crohns-like diarrhea symptoms (8 causes)
Recurring ibd-like diarrhea (13 causes)
Recurring ibs-like diarrhea (14 causes)
Severe crohns-like diarrhea symptoms (23 causes)
Severe ibd-like diarrhea (23 causes)
Severe ibs-like diarrhoea (23 causes)
Small liquid stools (9 causes)
Stool symptoms (2508 causes)
Sudden onset of constipation (8 causes)
Sudden onset of diarrhoea (10 causes)
Tenesmus in pregnancy (7 causes)
Ulcerative colitis-like dysentery (10 causes)
Uncontrollable passage of motion (49 causes)
Abnormal stool texture (10 causes)
Allergic colitis (4 causes)
Sudden onset of watery diarrhoea (22 causes)
Gradual onset of altered bowel habits (13 causes)
Gradual onset of chronic diarrhoea (9 causes)
Gradual onset of watery diarrhoea (14 causes)
IBS-like symptoms (8 causes)
Strangulation of a mechanically obstructed bowel (3 causes)
Recurring ibd-like abdominal pain (13 causes)
Mild ibs-like abdominal pain (9 causes)
Blood in stools as in case of inflammatory bowel disease (31 causes)
Foul stool odor in children (5 causes)
Stringy stool in children (2 causes)
Acute ibd-like symptoms (11 causes)
Severe ibd-like symptoms (27 causes)
Sudden onset of soft unformed stools (13 causes)
Acute ibd-like abdominal pain (14 causes)
Severe ibd-like abdominal pain (17 causes)
Arthralgia similar to that in Inflammatory bowel disease (21 causes)
Sudden onset of dark coloured stools (14 causes)
Chronic ibd-like symptoms (27 causes)
Sudden onset of hematochezia (10 causes)
Chronic ibd-like abdominal pain (17 causes)
Abnormal stool texture in children (17 causes)
Hematochezia (109 causes)
Pencil-thin stools (5 causes)
Constant Lower abdominal pain similar to inflammatory bowel disease (19 causes)
Scybalous stools (4 causes)
Gradual onset of foul smelling fatty stools (4 causes)
Sudden onset of dark colored stools (7 causes)
Black tarry stools (2 causes)
Steatorrhoea (13 causes)
Stool odor (69 causes)
Pale colored stools (9 causes)
Persistent diarrhoea (14 causes)
White stool in pregnancy (12 causes)
Gradual onset of hematochezia (7 causes)
Anal bleeding (13 causes)
Mucus stool (88 causes)
Fatty stool in children (10 causes)
Floating stool in children (7 causes)
Garlic stool odor in children (3 causes)
Bowel sounds, hypoactive (20 causes)
Pus in stool (27 causes)
Green stool (10 causes)
Bloody stool (406 causes)
Yellow stool in pregnancy
Intermittent ibd-like symptoms (12 causes)
Clay coloured stools (31 causes)
Intermittent ibd-like abdominal pain (13 causes)
Ibd-like symptoms (27 causes)
Presence of micellar fat in the faeces (9 causes)
Altered stool texture (9 causes)
IBD-like abdominal pain (17 causes)
Mucus in stool (60 causes)
Bowel sounds, absent [Silent abdomen] (11 causes)
Passing black, tarry stools (33 causes)
Unusual stool odor in children (11 causes)
Mild ibd-like symptoms (13 causes)
Recurring ibs-like symptoms (27 causes)
Mild ibd-like abdominal pain (13 causes)
Recurring ibs-like abdominal pain (10 causes)
Clay-colored stools (8 causes)
Stools, clay-colored (8 causes)
Elevated faecal elastase (3 causes)
Steatorrhea (34 causes)
Bowel inflammation (20 causes)
Acute ibs-like symptoms (19 causes)
Severe ibs-like symptoms (27 causes)
Bright red blood on toilet paper (7 causes)
Melenous stools (8 causes)
Acute ibs-like abdominal pain (12 causes)
Severe ibs-like abdominal pain (17 causes)
Colon inflammation (12 causes)
Increased faecal urobilinogen (1 cause)
Sudden onset of abnormal stools (7 causes)
Abdominal pain similar to Inflammatory bowel disease (19 causes)
Chronic ibs-like symptoms (27 causes)
Dark stool (50 causes)
Pale stool (103 causes)
Megacolon (24 causes)
Chronic ibs-like abdominal pain (17 causes)
Erythema nodosum as seen in inflammatory bowel disease (14 causes)
Black stool (47 causes)
Rectal bleeding (324 causes)
Sudden onset of foul smelling stools (9 causes)
Bowel ischemia (47 causes)
Clay-coloured stool in children (5 causes)
Melenous stool (11 causes)
Rubbery, orange precipitate in stool
Arthropathies similar to that in inflammatory bowel disease (11 causes)
Stool color (387 causes)
Dark stool in children (9 causes)
Stringy stool (2 causes)
Clay-colored stool in children (7 causes)
Intermittent ibs-like symptoms (17 causes)
Melena (103 causes)
White stool (93 causes)
Sudden onset of fatty stools (9 causes)
Intermittent ibs-like abdominal pain (9 causes)
Foul stool odour in children (28 causes)
Foul-smelling stool (63 causes)
Smelly stool in children (10 causes)
Steatorrhea similar to Celiac disease (9 causes)
Recurring ibd-like symptoms (18 causes)
Mild ibs-like symptoms (15 causes)
Yellow stool (87 causes)

Related Symptoms for Bowel movement

Research the causes of these related symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Bowel movement:

Diarrhea (2312 causes)
Constipation (726 causes)
Stool symptoms (2508 causes)
Incontinence (359 causes)
Urinary incontinence (289 causes)
Bowel pain
Rectal bleeding (324 causes)
Rectal pain (27 causes)
Frequent bowel movements (15 causes)
Irritable bowel syndrome (26 causes)
Bowel infrequency (5 causes)
Fecal incontinence (135 causes)
Fecal straining (21 causes)
Changes in bowel habits (6 causes)

Broader Symptom Types for Bowel movement:

Research the causes of these symptoms that are more broader types of symptom than Bowel movement:

Digestive symptoms (5299 causes)
Bowel problems (2509 causes)
Abdominal symptoms (5930 causes)
Stool symptoms (2508 causes)
Lower abdominal symptoms (3048 causes)

More Symptom Information for Bowel movement

For a medical symptom description of 'Bowel movement', the following symptom information may be relevant to the symptoms: Bowel movements (symptom). However, note that other causes of the symptom 'Bowel movement' may be possible.

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