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Flat stool with lax a day powder

A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Ferguson
Pediatrics 48 years experience
Stool retention: This is a common problem that is often mishandled by parents & many docs. As soon as a kid realizes they can hold their stools they may choose to ... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Michael Finkelstein
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
I would: increase fiber and fluids for hydration of stool and if the change in stool persists see a GI doc to look at colon
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Dr. Philip Miller
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Family Medicine 49 years experience
Bowel caliber/color: any change in the shape or caliber or your stool deserves a GI evaluation.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Nayana Trivedi
Internal Medicine 41 years experience
Not Turmeric: Turmeric has anti inflammatory and Anticancer properties. Take 1 tsf daily you can add to vegetable or cooked food. The color of stool you described i... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Donald Colantino
Internal Medicine 63 years experience
Black stool: Peptobismol,if you took it, can cause black stool. Otherwise bleeding from the upper gi tract(stomach,duodenum) is a cause of black stool. Your physic... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Earle
General Surgery 33 years experience
Functional?: It may be that this is all a component of the irritable bowel, which is a functional disorder, or some other in identified functional disorder. Could ... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Neal Kraus
Hospital-based practice 13 years experience
Blood in stool = ER: Without a compelling and known diagnosis, with constipation and blood in your stool you need urgent and depending on the circumstances even emergent e... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hiep Le
Dr. Hiep Leanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
You need to go back to the hospital. You have severe fecal impaction, manual extraction did not work, it may need to be disimpacted endoscopically by ... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hamsa Jayaraj
Internal Medicine 56 years experience
Multiple causes: How long did you have flat stools? Any other symptoms? Irritable bowel syndrome can cause flat stools for a long time.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Andrew Seibert
Gastroenterology 37 years experience
Flat stools: Although it is possible that flat stools could be caused by impacted feces, it could also be caused by a polyp or tumor in the colon. Anytime somebody... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Vernon Barton
General Practice 54 years experience
It depends, see belo: If this is a new change in the stool shape, it may just be an enlarged hemorrhoid. If you have had babies, it could be scarring of your anal canal. ... Read More
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