Every baby or child has different bowel habits.

A change in your bowel habits (either constipation or diarrhea).

Report any symptoms, such as abdominal pain, a change in bowel habits, or vomiting.

After cancer develops, additional symptoms may occur, such as changes in bowel habits and significant weight loss.

See the Prevention section of this topic for more on healthy bowel habits.

A: Changes in your bowel habits at this time are common, albeit irritating.

Formation of a stoma requires the patient to change his usual bowel habit.

Changes in bowel habit may indicate disease of the gastrointestinal tract.

Patients can decrease stress on the bladder by improving bowel habits.