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Constipation: the intestinal tract crisis

When people retreat to the toilet, the idea is to accomplish the mission at hand as fast as possible. But there are those moments when expelling stool becomes a painful affair, writes JOYCE GATHU and BOB OTIENO

It is likely that you have already experienced the discomfort of struggling to expel hard and dry stool that just will not budge. Those who have gone through the uncomfortable feeling describe the ordeal as a nightmare they wouldn’t want to go through again in their life.

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