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Bulky stool
Bulky stool is a symptom in which a person has a large amount of stool each time he has a bowel movement (poops). Bulky stool can be due to constipation (a lot of poop builds up before it comes out), malabsorption (food that is not absorbed is not fully digested can come out as large, bulky, bad-smelling poop), etc...
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A 45-year old asked:
What can cause bulky stool?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Bulky stool?
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A 34-year old asked:
How do I prevent bulky stool?
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A 24-year old male asked:
What causes pale bulky stool, ?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Stools float since October last year had test at doctors for my blood they said my pancreas and liver was ok but my stools are bulky and curved shape?
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A 35-year old asked:
Why was my last stool white and looked like a fat worm?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Very dry fat stool and rubbery. What to do? Even though I've been taking lots of water?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Sudan IV test shows fat in stool. What is the next step to finding out why fat is being malabsorbed?
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A 53-year old female asked:
What causes soft thick pasty stools that is hard to get out? No blood seen and is normal brown color.
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A 28-year old male asked:
What would cause a sudden onset of passing small pebble stool covered in thick white mucus/fatty like substance?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I recently had stool with what looked like a red thick string, is this something I should get checked out right away?
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A 24-year old male asked:
My stool is never hard anymore. Always soft & mushy. Hard to pass. Why might this be? Sometimes easy cause it's thick watery.
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A 35-year old male asked:
Every 2/3 weeks I have thick mucous in and around my stool. It's sticky, quite thick, and has the consistency of rubber cement. what is it?
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A 21-year old male asked:
My test show that i have malabsorption(fat and amydon on stool) . What diet should i have. And how can i find out what causes it? Thank you!
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A 24-year old male asked:
I have been eating more firbre appox 28g a day from 10g. my stools are coming out like thick sludge and I'm finished in a minute shall I call a dr ?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Basically my stools have come out smaller and feel like there should be more. When they're soft, they're like the texture of refried beans. I'm going more frequently. Basically they're not as bulky. Should I be worried? HELP?
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A 34-year old asked:
Fat droplets in stool what does that mean?
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A 32-year old asked:
Help! what causes the presence of fat in a stool?
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A 36-year old male asked:
What can I take or which food to eat to make the stool softer, but not to bulky?
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A 38-year old female asked:
My stool is always thick heavy pasty but soft but it's still hard to pass. What can I do to get my stool to become more light and loose?
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A 39-year old male asked:
My stools have been floating for years. I've had stool tested for fat a couple of times and the results were negative. What could be the cause?
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A 34-year old male asked:
My stools have been very long and in large amounts at a time. I go daily. Stool is soft, formed and thick as sausage. But very long pieces. Concern?
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A 41-year old asked:
What foods cause orange oily fat in stool?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have maroon colored thick mucus mixed in my stool. What would cause that?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Does floating stool caused by fat malabsorption have an obvious bad smell?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Can fat malabsorption make my stools smoky? Even in warm temperature, there is a steam coming out.
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A 24-year old male asked:
I have a thick white fluid discharge with urine but not with every urine only the time i pass it with stool, its painless please help needed.
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A 28-year old female asked:
Had greasy stool after a very high fat couple of days i eating. Went back to normal. Gastro said high fat/greasy meals can temporary cause this?
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A 51-year old male asked:
Dear doctors has anyone heard of 'skin' in stools. The pieces were about 4 inches long by 1inch. About 1/8 of an inch thick, clear in color?
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A 18-year old female asked about a female:
2 month old daughter had chalky white streaks in her stool, which was very dark/deep green colour& was very thick and sticky. What could be wrong?
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