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I have to manually use my finger to get poop out of bowels?

As a female in high school soon to go to college, this is ruining my life. For as long as I can remember, I have manually used my finger to take poop out of my butt. If I try to push poop out, it is just a strain and little to nothing comes out, it's like my rectum stopped working or something. One time I tried to stop doing this, but a few days later of no results I was forced to do it again. I wouldn't call it a habit, since i think that I am physically unable to push out poop. Like I said before, I am worried for my future and if I have to do this permanently if I don't stop soon. And yes, I have been to a doctor before but they said that nothing was wrong. I have no symptoms or bleeding etc. if this isn't IBS, I'm clueless to what I need to do to stop this.
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Hey, I am also a female in high school and I struggled with this for a long time. I avoided leaving the house for extended periods of time as I could not poop anywhere else. I let it take over my life until one day I said f-it and just started to poop normally. I think it could just be a mental thing as opposed to a physical one. Drink lots of water, elevate your legs, (think squatty potty) and push on your abdomen. I believe in you!
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Omg. I have the same thing.  I was diagnosed with non relaxing puborectalis muscle.  I'm losing my mind.  My urges to poop are so strong. I just can't get it out. It's like tectum is dead. I live on laxstives.   They're killing me
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How did you come to be diagnosed with this?
I bleed from my ibs weather I am constipated or lose because I can't seem to pass stool naturally. When I'm constipated I have to do what you guys do. And it's like little pellets. But when I'm lose I still have to strain and sort of stimulate my back passage to open and pass stool. I feel constant pressure/need to go to the toilet. I can go up to 15 times a day and only actually pass anything a maximum of twice. Most of the time it's just mucus. I have said so many times I feel like the muscle that's meant to help you pass stool naturally isn't working. But I don't know how to go about getting it checked as I worry about a lot of things and the doctors normally tell me I'm being silly without even checking me out. How do I make them understand this is happening, surely it can't just be my ibs and I shouldn't just have to deal with it?
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Hi there,
I suffer from the same problem. My sphincter muscles just don't seem to work normally and I can't push my poo out naturally unless there is a lot of pressure due to a load of poo build up. What did you say to your doctor?
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Try a water-rich nutritious diet with some insoluble fiber foods.
Include regular exercise on a daily basis .
Take a "natural" position when you "go" by placing blocks or books  on the floor in front of the toilet to put your feet on & thus elevate your knees much higher than your hips. You might be very surprised with the results.

Best wishes,
Niko
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I call this b******* I've been trying this for years and nothing has worked I just had a bowel obstruction surgery and then I had my foot of my intestines taken out in mid January now after all this nothing wants to work nothing wants to come out at all even the soft stuff. I'm in so much pain and agony I'm pulling it out and hurting. So you guys is put your legs on something I have been doing this all my life what's a damn stool I have done massages on my stomach I have done the ball massage on my tailbone nothing is working oh you medical fields are full of crap you just brush most of us off with a drink liquid put your feet up on a stool no one wants to find the real reason anymore well I got something for you act like a doctor and find a solution for the problem cuz I frankly I am sick of it.
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