Question 1

what can cause bulky stool?

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Constipation: If stool is overly dry - the texture may become hard & rough. If there is significant fiber intake without adequate hydration - that can also be an issue. Drink at least 8 - 8 ounce glasses of water per day. Eat high fiber foods  and drink water. Exercise regularly. Try to get in 4 servings of fruit and 5 servings of vegetables per day.

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: bulky stool?

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Bulky stool: Bulky stool =  passing large, dry  amt of feces.

Question 3

how do i prevent bulky stool?

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Don't: The goal is to have well formed regular comfortable bowel movements.  When people refer to bulky stool that usually referrs to formed stool that does not cause trauma as it passes the anal canel. 
If the stool is hard, difficult to pass would recommend increased fiber in diet or mild osmotic laxitive.

Question 4

what causes pale bulky stool, ?

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Pale bulky stools: Pale bulky stools are due to steatorrhoea, or called malabsorption syndrome.It is due to failure to absorp nutrients from gastro intestinal tract.There are at least 200 causes of the syndrome.Celiac disease is one of the most common inherited malabsorption syndrome.

Question 5

ulceritive colitis blood in stool for months now. what is the best treatment?

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Ulcerative colitis: No simple answer to care and treatment of uc. Start with a low fat, low gluten diet and a bowel regimen. Avoid alcohol and nicotine. Your primary doc will refer you to a GI doc for medications and colonoscopy. There are several medications that can help. Hopefully you will stabilize at this point. If not, surgical consult and procedures may become necessary.

Question 6

what's the best treatment for impacted stool? i feel like theres stool stuck in my rectum.

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No other disease?: One with constipation needs to be sure there is no other disease causing it. If due to slow movement of food and poop through the gut, then things to try are leafy vegetables, water, prune juice, prunes and similar fruits, fiber with water, Miralax (polyethylene glycol), Senokot or other senna, milk of magnesia, or other laxatives. Impaction needs laxatives, an enema, maybe with a helping hand.

Question 7

what's the best treatment to get rid of black stools?

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Determine cause: Black stools could be due to iron supplements, bismuth antidiarrheal agent (e.g. Pepto bismol), or bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract or sometimes right side of the colon. Bleeding can cause black, sticky, smelly bowel movements.  If not taking iron or busmuth, or it continues after stopping, it really is necessary to get seen and be sure there is not a serious but treatable cause..

Question 8

my mom has acidity in stomach,  urine,  stool. what are the best treatments for this problem?

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Tests at first.: At first after your mom visit medical doctor please do tests: urine, stool, and even maybe gastric biopsy. After results coming back, appropriate treatment can be discussed with physician. 
Thank you for question.

Question 9

whenever i pass stool some amount of semen discharge from penis. sometimes thin & sometimes thick. is it normal or any treatment required?

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Mucus: I tend to believe that the discharge from the penis is mucus and not semen. This would indicate an inflammation/infection of the urethra especially if some burning on urination occurs. If this is the case you should be examined for sexually transmitted disease and I recommend a consultation with a urologist who will order the appropriate tests and treatment.

Question 10

stool softener any emergency treatment please.

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Acute or chronic?: I am very concerned if your constipation is relatively acute, ;/or associated with fever, nausea, vomiting, bleeding. Constipation (stooling less than every 4 days) that is chronic raises concern for partial obstruction, ileus, ischemic disease, tumors, dysmotilities, "cathartic colon", rectal dysfunction. Treatment depends on possible causes--please see your doctor for a directed work-up.

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