But it can also be the result of numerous other causes, such as hemorrhoids, skin conditions, or just contact with irritants in your hygiene products or toilet paper. In fact, there are two types of ...

In some cases, the rectum, urinary tract, and reproductive tract all connect into one single channel. In most if not all cases, there's a strong risk of infection for a child with this condition.

Almost 90% of all anal abscesses are caused by blocked glands that become infected. The most common type of anal abscess is a perianal abscess, which typically appears as a painful swelling near the ...

The classic children’s book Everyone Poops ends with a rear-view drawing of a child and some animals, underscoring what we all know intuitively: poop comes out the back. But we take our digestive ...

A jellyfish-like creature has a neat trick that makes it unique among animals: its anus forms only when it needs to defecate, then disappears without a trace. “That is the really spectacular finding ...

The mouth and anus are not connected in the development of the embryo as earlier thought, shows a new ground-breaking study. The mouth and anus are not connected in the development of the embryo as ...

They believe a hole originally used to release sperm later connected to the gut to form the open end of the digestive tract. Researchers led by Andreas Hejnol, professor of comparative developmental ...