ASK Dr Martin
Oct 01, 2020
2 minutes
I have to run to the loo after food!
Q Immediately after eating a meal, I have to run for a poo. It’s embarrassing! What’s wrong? Natalie, south London
AIt’s your gastrocolic reflex! Eating a meal stretches your stomach, which triggers muscles in your rectum and colon – the lower part of your bowel – to squeeze and
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