"voluminous, pasty, and greasy, leaving an oil slick on the surface of the water"
It's been a busy week; classes started, and I've been whittling down my to-do list. I'm taking Testing for Language Teachers, Statistical Reasoning for the Behavioral Sciences, and Grammar. Plus, I have my MA qualifying exam next month, and I have to write my creative component (thesis for lazy people) some time this semester. This weekend, however, I'm off to Dallas to hang out with my little brother and sister and use up some free tickets to the Mesquite National Championship Rodeo (highly recommended, if you've never gone).
I promise to stop with the posts on bodily functions soon, and I'm sure that as soon as I have my master's degree, I will be much more mature and no longer interested in such things. However, I was recently reminded of a fabulous site I had seen over two years ago when I asked myself the question - what does it mean when poop floats?
When reading the following, please note the brilliant line contained herein: "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..." Need I say more? The man has a knack with words, even if he has the occasional grammatical glitch or two.
Plus, I figure that it kind of fits in with the last post.
stools
Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:54:56 GMT
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.
Jim Prousalis,
j-pro@mindspring.com
I promise to stop with the posts on bodily functions soon, and I'm sure that as soon as I have my master's degree, I will be much more mature and no longer interested in such things. However, I was recently reminded of a fabulous site I had seen over two years ago when I asked myself the question - what does it mean when poop floats?
When reading the following, please note the brilliant line contained herein: "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..." Need I say more? The man has a knack with words, even if he has the occasional grammatical glitch or two.
Plus, I figure that it kind of fits in with the last post.
stools
Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:54:56 GMT
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.
Jim Prousalis,
j-pro@mindspring.com
posted by jessica rabbit at 7:26 AM
1 Comments:
This article is really only wrong on one count, I'd like to note: "There is no such thing as an odorless stool."
Blatantly false. My poop rarely smells. Exceptions include the morning after excessive drinking and/or foie gras indulgence.
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