Date:   12/28/2003 12:07:56 AM ( 21 y ago)
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Found this on the internet, sounds really accurate. If you've ever wondered what the colors mean, here ya' go:



I have a book that tells the different types of stools and how frequent and how to test how frequent the movements are. I will be quoting from the book hope this helps any questions.
COLOR: Your feces' normal color is brown because colonic bacteria make brown pigments out of bile that your liver secrets into your small intestine to help you absorb fats. Although feces do change in appearance from day to day, only dramatic, lasting shifts in color are potentially
important. For example, you feces may be red or black for a day because you consumed a generous portion of beets, meat, chocolate, hydrox cookies, licorice, cheries or even over the counter remedies like pepto bismol or iron pills. But if your stool remains consistently black, you may have
bleeding in your upper gastrointestinal tract. Occasionally bloody streaks on the outside of your stool may come from hemorrhoids or temporary anal irritation. If blood appears persistently, and appears to be mixed into your stool, your lower gastrointestinal tract may be bleeding. In either
case you need to see your doctor.

Unless you have been eating foods high in chlorophyll, a yellow or greenish stool is usually a sign of diarrhea and transit time that is to rapid. If you take Antibiotics , this color may mean that your bowel has been sterilized. A tan or clay color may indicate that you eaten too much fat,
or that your bile duct is blocked and is not producing enough digestive enzymes. If your stool turns almost white, the culprit may be antacids or excess calcium supplements.

A small, dry stool that sinks to the bottom of your toilet bowl indicates a diet that is too high in meat. But a floating stool is not a sign of sign of a diet high in fiber, rapid transit time, and general digestive health.
A stool that floats but is too loose is sign of diarrhea and, consequently, malabsorption-perhaps due to irritable bowel syndrome.

Narrow, ribbonlike stools are a common clue to irritable bowel syndrome, or even a partial obstruction in your intestinal tract. Stools that float but are voluminous, pasty, and greasy, leaving an oil slick on the surface of the water in your toilet, may mean that your eating to much fat, or that you are having trouble absorbing fat normally because enzyme production has declined. This type of stool also be a sign of celiac sprue or pancreatitis.

You should be able to see only a very few undigested food particles or fibers in your stool. If you spot a substantial number, you may not be chewing your food thoroughly enough. Or you may lack crucial digestive
enzymes.

You should also not see any mucous or pus in your stool. The presence of mucous may indicate that you have IBD syndrome, food allergies , or an inflammation of your intestinal wall, probably thanks to Candida infection.
Pus may be a warning sign of diverticulitus or parasites. If you have diarrhea with both mucous or pus, your trouble may be UC or a parasitic infection. Bloody diarrhea accompanied by mucous can mean colitis or Crohn's disease.

SMELL A FALSE CLUE: A popular myth among advocates of colonics and colon health is that a healthy stool has no odor. In fact, there is no such thing as an odorless stool. Meat eaters do tend to have more odoriferous stool, because protein may yield residues of nitrogen and sulfur, but it is
neither possible nor desirable to eliminate odor from stool.
Well I know its long but I think this will answers some questions regarding stool.


 

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