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Feces is the product of a bowel movement...Aka poop!

Dr. William Goldstein reviewed this

33 year experience in Ophthalmology

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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What makes up feces?

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What makes long greenish feces?

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What causes feces to be green ish?

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Why does my feces look like powder?

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What can the color of feces tell you?

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Who do some feces sink and some float?

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A 31-year old asked:

Fatty feces in toilet - why does this happen?

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A 37-year old asked:

What can cause changes in the color of feces?

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A 46-year old asked:

My feces came out like long rope, why is this?

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A 28-year old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: feces?

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A 64-year old male asked about a 86-year old female:

What if someone ate a small amount of human feces?

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A 36-year old asked:

What is the significance of strangely shaped feces?

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A 35-year old asked:

Please explain what it means if my feces is dark green?

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A 36-year old asked:

I have had green feces for 2 days. What does this mean?

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A 16-year old male asked:

What does it mean when your feces is a little bit dark?

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A 25-year old male asked:

Does food come out as feces two days after it is consumed?

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A 19-year old female asked:

Im backed up...Uhm feces wise. Any ways to take care of it?

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A 34-year old asked:

Could it happen that a person be allergic to their own feces?

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A 33-year old female asked:

What does it mean when your feces is black in color like tar?

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A 21-year old male asked:

Why is the colour of my feces dark green? Should I be worried?

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A 18-year old female asked:

Feces had several small white-ish circules. What could it mean?

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A 21-year old asked:

Why does your feces sometimes come out looking like a thick rope?

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A 42-year old asked:

My feces are white with a reddish tint at the end. What does this mean?

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A 52-year old male asked:

If my feces is been light green for the past week, what does that mean?

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A 31-year old male asked:

If my feces used to float, but now tend to sink in the toilet, what does that mean?

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A 61-year old female asked:

What does it mean when my feces is bright green and I haven't eaten anything green all week. It has never happened before. I am 61?

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A 24-year old female asked:

I was on my way to work walking down a staircase in a parking garage when I saw someones feces (I know, very gross) at the bottom of the stairs. I was like nope and went a completely opposite way. Could anyone catch anything airborne (even if far?

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A 52-year old female asked:

White matter in feces?

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A female asked:

Why does my feces smell sour?

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A 47-year old asked:

Blood in feces. What does it mean?

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