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bowel training - patients with neuromuscular control problems can help them defecate normally By: setting up daily routine poop same time each day stool softener cathartics - drugs that softens stool to encourage bowel evacuation. Note: Long-term use will cause the large bowel to be less responsive to laxatives. Over-use will cause diarrhea to dehydration and electrolyte depletion clostridium difficile - mild diarrhea to sever severe colitis C. difficile infection that is cau...