This can cause pain known as angina. It's a symptom of heart disease but typically does not cause permanent damage to the heart. It is, though, a sign that you are a candidate for a heart attack at some point in the future. The chest pain may spread to your arm, shoulder, jaw, or back.
Frequent bowel movements. Definition. There's not a generally accepted clinical definition for frequent bowel movements. Most people consider several bowel movements a day to at least be unusual, particularly if this pattern is a change from what's normal. However, if nothing else about your bowel movements is different â no loose, watery stools, abdominal cramping or bloody stool â the change is probably not a sign of any illness.
Constipation generally means that you have three or fewer bowel movements a week. But it can also mean straining to have bowel movements or passing stools that are small, hard, and dry. The good news is that it's easy to treat constipation, and even easier to prevent it â as long as you know its causes.