Silent but deadly - Constipation

Assalamualaikum :) Finally! Making a comeback after many years of hiatus. Recently, I found out that constipation is a common occurrence among many of us including children. However it is rarely discussed or given the attention it deserves. Today, let's talk about this. Left untreated, constipation could be the root cause of many diseases. How? When our bowels are slow, it delays the elimination of stool/faeces ( poop ) - this may lead to accumulation of faeces in out colon. As time goes by, the faeces dump will only gets bigger ( unless the issue has been addressed and solved ) Imagine having a huge pile of poop in our colon, understand that it doesn't just lay there being innocent not releasing any substances - it is not innocent and it releases health threatening stuff back into our system. Trapped faeces does release toxins, next it encourages the growth of bad bacteria in our colon and trigger inflammation. It does not end there, this i...