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EXPERTS HEALTH

Men’s Health magazine:

How pooping can kill you
Denise Parrish 1 min read February 15, 2016

Strange as it may sound, there’s a pretty well

established link between bowel movements
and death, according to digestive health expert
Dr. Satish Rao.

Blame a rare condition called defecation

syncope, a fancy term for the loss of
consciousness, or fainting, that can occur
while pooping.

You

essentially bear down to poop. You take in a

deep breath and hold it, before trying to exhale
against your closed-off airway, explains Rao,
the director of the Digestive Health Center at
Augusta University.

But when you hold your breath in this manner,

several important changes are occurring
elsewhere in your body, too.

Read more about How Pooping Can Kill You on

the Men’s Health magazine website.

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Written by
Denise Parrish
Denise Parrish is Director of
Communications for Philanthropy and
Alumni Engagement at Augusta
University. Contact her to schedule an
interview on this topic at 706-721-9760
or mparrish@augusta.edu.

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