A fecal impaction is a large, hard mass of stool that gets stuck so badly in your colon or rectum that you can’t push it out. You may also be unable to sense or respond when stool is in your rectum.
Get a group of people with IBD together and you'll hear the "almost didn't make it" and "didn't make it" and "weirdest places I pooped" stories. When in a flare-up, it's possible to experience fecal ...