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Should i be worried that my stools look like hamburger bun stools?(they literally look like pieces of a bun- seeds and all).i have ibs but this is odd
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Stool Color: Stool color is not important unless there is no color at all or it is bloody. Melena which is black sticky foul smelly stool signifies blood as well and is important. Otherwise green, brown, orange or shades thereof don't mean anything.
Answered 1/29/2015
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