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Stool hangs through rectum, and rectum appears to not close

I am 18 years old and a male. When i feel the urge to go to the bathroom, my stool is already hanging out of my rectum. It doesn't go all the way through, so i have continence, but it does protrude.

One other reason i believe my rectum doesn't appear to close or is weak is because as of 8 months ago i can no longer hold in flatulence. Sometimes there is a non stop stream of air coming out of my anus like a breeze.

What could this be? I have taken care of a good 6 hemmorroids that my GI found, and SIBO, but the issues above are debilitating. There is still a constant odor that surrounds me.
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6543835 tn?1468844035
Could be a weak sphincter. My friend had a similar problem because she was using laxitives daily for 2+ years. This made her sphincter very weak. Did you do this as well by chance?
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Nope, no laxatives. Some things i remember before this problem occured:

-i started taking vyvanse like a month before

-i started squatting with weights in the gym a month before

-i was constipated badly. (Although that has happened before)
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