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Fecal impaction

A fecal impaction is a large mass of dry, hard stool that can develop in the rectum due to chronic constipation. This mass may be so hard that it cannot come out of the body.

Source:ADAM

Date:January 24, 2009

Fecal Impaction Removal

Fecal impaction removal is the digital(using the finger) means of breaking up and removing a fecal impaction, or mass of hardened, clay-like stool lodged in the rectum.Fecal impaction is the result of extreme constipation. As the patient is unable...

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health

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