Author: Mohsin Butt, Clinical Research Fellow in Neurogastroenterology, Queen Mary University of London

9dream studio/Shutterstock The colon is about one and a half metres long and plays a vital role in moving waste through the body. In rare cases, it can become so stretched that it begins to lose its ability to work properly, like an elastic band that has lost its spring. This is known as megacolon. […]