Now that I live in a dry cabin and rely on an outhouse all year round, I really appreciate having an upgrade and a few features to my toilet. Testing was simple: I sat, did my business, and cleaned up ...

Aside from looking, frankly, disgusting, unchecked limescale can affect the efficiency of your toilet too. If allowed to build up, it can plug the water portholes under the toilet rim and result ...

Fecal impaction occurs when stool forms that is hard ... It is best to remain where you can quickly get to a toilet. However, this may not be a suitable treatment for some older people. Sometimes, a ...

Symptoms of bowel cancer may include changes in your stool, such as having softer poo, diarrhoea or constipation that is not usual, needing to use the toilet more or less often than usual ...

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Black Stool Causes: How many of you know that the colour of your stool can say everything about the underlying conditions you are suffering from? Yes, you read that right! The color and ...

A fact of life. Yet somehow, even with the eye-watering power of Domestos by your side and Marigold gloves up to your elbows, cleaning the toilet always feels like a punishment. Even the most ...

A person has abdominal pain and diarrhea with a high fever or blood in the stool or vomit. Abdominal pain follows injury to the abdomen. A person cannot keep up with fluid loss and is showing ...