Hello, Thank you for your question. Constipation is a common problem that makes it hard to have a bowel movements. Your bowel movements might be: too hard, too small, hard to get out, happening fewer than 3 times a weeks. Constipation can be caused by side effects of some medicines, poor diet, diseases of the digestive system. You should watch for symptoms that could signal a more serious problem like blood in the toilet or on the toiler paper after having a bowel movement, fever, weight loss, feeling weak. Larger movement with loose stool, it can be from constipation that make the intestine block and have a leaking loose stool. You can try your own thing to get rid of constipation such as eat foods that have a lot of fiber. good choices are fruits, vegetables, prune juice, and cereal, drink plenty of water and other fluids, when you feel you need to go to bathroom, go to the bathroom. Dont hold it. You should see your doctor if your symptoms are new or not normal for you, you are in a lot of pain, you have other symptoms that also worry you ( for example, bleeding, weakness, weight loss or fever), other people in your family had colorectal cancer or inflammatory bowel disease. Your doctor will do some test to rule out some serious problem. He will give you treatment according to your cause of constipation. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Best regards, Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey, General and Family Physician.