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Incomplete bowel evacuation can happen when the muscles or nerves controlling the movement of the colon do not work properly. Other causes, like slow-moving bowels or structural issues, may also prevent complete emptying.

More frequent periods may happen if your hormones are off, such as from thyroid problems, starting a new birth control, or extra body fat, which can change how your body builds and sheds its uterine lining.

Not having periods for years can happen for several reasons including natural menopause, hormonal imbalances, or the intentional use of medication to stop menstruation.

Incomplete stool evacuation means feeling like you haven't finished emptying your bowels after a bowel movement, and it can be helped by changes in diet, behavior, and sometimes specific therapies like pelvic floor training.

Even with irregular periods, signs of pregnancy can include feelings of nausea, tiredness, and breast changes along with a missed period, although the timing may be harder to predict.

Incomplete fecal evacuation means feeling like you haven’t fully emptied your bowels, and it can cause discomfort along with other symptoms like straining or a sensation of blockage. Treatment often starts with changes in diet and exercises to improve bowel movements, with more advanced therapies used if needed.

Cervical spondylosis affecting the 5th and 6th cervical vertebrae can lead to a variety of symptoms, primarily due to the degeneration of the cervical spine and potential compression of nearby nerves. Recognizing these symptoms is important for timely diagnosis and management.

Menstrual dysphoric disorder (also known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder or PMDD) causes severe mood changes and physical symptoms that happen in the days before your period and then get better once it starts.

Incomplete bowel emptying can be managed with lifestyle changes, medications, and sometimes surgery if other treatments do not help.

Sometimes, medications or hormonal changes can suddenly stop menstrual bleeding cycles, which is called menstrual suppression. This can happen when doctors or patients use treatments to manage heavy bleeding or regulate the cycle.

Dark red blood in your nasal mucus is often a sign of a small nosebleed caused by things like dryness, injury, or irritation. Dark red blood (rather than bright red blood) indicates older blood.

Dry, cracked, itchy skin on the scrotum can be caused by scrotal dermatitis, adverse reactions to medications, or very dry skin (xeroderma) that makes the skin more sensitive and irritated.

A muscle spasm under the right rib cage is usually caused by your muscles contracting suddenly due to issues like injury, muscle fatigue, or electrolyte imbalances.

Numbness from the shoulder to the arm can be caused by various conditions, and it can indeed affect only one arm. Understanding the potential causes is important for proper diagnosis and treatment.

Pain in one testicle can be caused by several things, such as infections, injury, twisting of the testicle (torsion), or other causes.

A painless lump on the right side of the rib cage can be due to a variety of causes including fatty growths, lymph nodes, or cysts.

Poop can smell like sewer gas when changes in digestion or infections in your gut cause bacteria to make extra stinky chemicals.

Red, burning lips that aren’t chapped can be seen in conditions like burning mouth syndrome or contact-related cheilitis from irritation or allergies.

Pain that runs from your shoulder to your leg on the right side can be caused by problems with your bones, muscles, or nerves—like scoliosis, sciatica, or even inflammation in the chest wall.

Short-term memory loss in young adults can happen because of several reasons like injuries to the brain, stress, sleep loss, congenital heart issues, or learning differences such as ADHD. These causes can disrupt how the brain processes and remembers information.

Swollen lips can happen because of an allergic reaction, an infection like an abscess, injury, or other causes that make the tissues in the lip fill with extra fluid.

A tender lump under the right rib cage can be caused by several things such as a hernia, a benign growth like a lipoma, or, in rare cases, a tumor.

Testicle pain after ejaculation can come from issues with the pelvic floor muscles or from changes after surgeries like inguinal hernia repair. This pain, sometimes called orchalgia, happens when nerves or muscles in the area are strained.

Tonsils can swell due to various causes, primarily infections and other inflammatory conditions. Understanding these causes can help in managing symptoms and determining the appropriate treatment.

White, stringy mucus in your eye is often a sign of dryness, irritation, or allergies that cause your eye to produce more protective mucus.

Whole right side body pain—from head to toe—can come from problems with the nerves or spinal issues on that side, or other medical conditions that affect how pain is felt.

A lump at the hairline on the back of the neck can arise from various conditions, ranging from benign to more serious issues.

Many conditions can make you feel pressure in your rectal area. These include inflammation like proctitis, changes in the way the rectum fills or works, and other disorders affecting the muscles and tissues around the anus.

There are several harmless conditions that can cause a bump on your lip. It might be a mucocele, fibroma, or a small blood vessel growth, and each one is usually not dangerous.

A bump on your lip line could indicate several conditions, such as a mucocele, a cyst, a fungal infection, actinic cheilitis, or a cold sore.