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Change in stools
change to amount, frequency, texture, color or odor or bowel movements/ feces.
Dr. Heidi Fowler reviewed this
27 year experience in Psychiatry
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Does beetroot cause change in stool colour?
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What can cause a change in stool color?
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Change in diet leads to change in stools?
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Is there a link between anxiety and changes in stools?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Change in stools?
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A 36-year old male asked:
I have had changes in stool color and consistency over the past several months what can this mean?
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A male asked:
It started 6 weeks ago when I ate I felt full, after emptying bowels i felt fine. Recently I had noro virus. Now I have changes in stools help me!!!!
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A 21-year old female asked:
Im having middle-lower back pain & I think its related to my stool.I been having mucus in stool, change in stool,like today I saw tan-yellow balls in stool.I get cramps too.but now Im having the back pain & idk why.everything started like 18 days?
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A 20-year old male asked:
What causes sudden changes in stool odour and under arms?I'm a20 year old boy. I'm worried?
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A 37-year old asked:
If I have a change in stool, is it possible i can have bowel cancer?
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A 20-year old male asked:
What causes sudden changes in stool odour,urine odour and underarm odour?I'm a 20 year old boy. I'm worried?
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A 57-year old female asked:
Changes in stools. Sometimes small & hard, sometimes mucus coated, now I have mostly liquid. How to treat? Tests? No urgency in eliminating.
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A 31-year old male asked:
What's causes change in stool caliber? Pencil thin stools different shapes and sizes always? Did a colonoscopy and Ends and capsule 4 months ago polyp non cancerous biopsies taken? Should I be scared? Been like this for years but lately really bad
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A 20-year old male asked:
My dad ( 50 years old) has had changes in his stool shape. What are the chances of changes in stool shape being colon cancer?
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A 51-year old male asked:
Change in stool colors. I take laxative. Have to go for long after every meal. Brown, d. Brown, gold, yellow, black. They vary. What's wrong? Physical
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A 28-year old female asked:
Have changes in stool was normal but light brownyellowish & today it is thin and darker. Have hemmroid I am taking fiber more. Doc did exam with finger last wed didn't mention changes in stool worry?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Hello, i'm 19 years old, have had very occasional red blood in stool since last summer. Now some change in stool caliber. Parents say not to worry?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I get stomach cramps, a feeling that I can't fully empty my bowels, frequent changes in stools, wind and I go to the toilet a lot. Could I have IBS?
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A 38-year old male asked:
38Y male with foul smelling gas for 5 weeks straight. No pain, nausea, change in stool or blood. OTC (GASx Beano Lactase) did not work. No change to diet in past few years so wondering what could be the cause and best course of action?
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A 31-year old asked:
Endometiosis cause pelvic pain, pain with hard stools, change in stools, constant period-like cramps?
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A 55-year old female asked:
Upper right stomach pain, comes an goes, also a change in stool. White color, also sick feeling. Off balance dizzy. Sweats. Why?
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A 20-year old male asked:
If bile ducts are blocked shouldnt change in stool color be first notice than jaundice because my gi doc say that they happen the same time
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A 54-year old female asked:
Can spastic colon come without strong pain, what I experience is loose stools, change in stool caliber,trapped gas and bloating,discomfort ?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Diverticulitis @22, now 28 & constant pain beneath ribs, change in stool caliber, blood, vomiting, constipation, feels like a giant gas bubble. Uc?
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A 26-year old male asked:
For 6 months I'm constantly pooping, there's no blood nor changes in stool size, stomach always gurgling. Changed diet, tried antacids, ibs medication, nothing helps. Strong family history of young onset diverticula disease. Any ideas?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Hi my internal specialist said the bilirubin count of point 3 would start causing jaundice but not changes in stool it that true?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Severe stomach cramp gone after eating Starts as dull, worsens Entire abdomen sunken in when this happens Happens 1-2 times yearly changes in stools?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Have severe flatulence weekly causing abdominal pain and cramps.Have to take tabs for flatulence for relief.No change in diet nor change in stool.
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A 18-year old male asked:
Sounds crazy but I'm freaking out bc I think I have CRC. Dull abdominal cramps & discomfort, rectal discomfort, change in stool (appearance,consistency,smell), gas, and feeling full fast. Syms for 1 1/2 months. No visible blood. Going to GI Doc soon?
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A 25-year old female asked:
25 yo female, no family history of colon cancer - bloating ulq, sometimes with pain. No blood in stools, changes in stools from constipation to softer stools. Gas, loss of appetite. Colon cancer?
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