In addition to feeling hard, the poop (stool) may be dry and lumpy. Hard poop can be difficult to pass and make bowel ...

It can also cause fecal impaction, in which hard stool becomes stuck in the rectum, preventing the person from passing stool effectively ... part of the colon, or large intestine.

Noel would also pass blood-stained stool and experience fevers, general body weakness and fatigue. “Whenever I swallowed hard foods ... may coalesce to form large painful areas of skin ...

If the stools are in the large intestine for a long ... “Constipation is passing stools less than 3 times in a week. There may be dry or hard stools where patients may use fingers to evacuate ...