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Infrequent stools

Infrequent stools

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How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Buttock, Lower abdomen

Is Symptom of

Constipation in adults
Condition

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A 22-year old female asked:

What can this be infrequent floating yellow stools and every time i take milk im passing noisy gas with very bad smell. What can this be?

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A 25-year old male asked:

I tend to pass a little blood with stool in the morning. How serious could this be? This has happened on and off for years (infrequently)

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A 46-year old asked:

Should i be concerned with infrequent mucous and blood in my stool?

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I'm on accutane. Infrequently, i realize that there exists a little bit blood on my toilet paper after stooling? Is it from accutane?

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A 28-year old female asked:

If stools are small, round, hard and infrequent, will docusate help regulate bowels and ease feeling of constipation?

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A 30-year old female asked:

29 yr old female with gerd. Now has loose, infrequent (2-3 days) yellowish brown colour stool with incomplete evacuation bloat, gas, odor. Any causes?

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A 24-year old male asked:

I have been experiencing bloating and semi infrequent bowel movements for a couple of weeks now. I currently have solid stool about every couple of days on average. is it likely that I have an obstructed bowel?

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A 31-year old female asked:

What can I do about infrequent small, hard--and incomplete-- bowel movements? I am a 66 year-old healthy woman who very rarely has a normal bowel movement. I eat a good balanced diet and take extra fiber supplements; I have tried stool softeners which onl

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A female asked:

My baby who is five months of age, she has oil with stool. And its happening 4 or 5 times in a day. What is the problem, pls. Answer?

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A 35-year old male asked:

Can people who have hammeroidectomy in their mid 20's have problems controlling their stools(holding for sometime) in their advanced age?

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A 58-year old male asked:

My two year daughter hasnt been eating for the past 3days. She is afraid and cries when she has to pass stools. We have consulted at least 3 different Drs over the past 3 weeks, however there is still no solution. ?

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A 23-year old female asked:

Whats the normal consistency of stool? Like how soft is it supposed to be before its considered too soft?

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A 44-year old male asked:

Passing flat stool with grooves in it. No other symptoms. No bleeding or pain. Whats could be the cause of this?

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A 73-year old female asked:

I am seeing tiny spots of black in my stools on and off. I do have I B S and hemmoroids which have been bothering me lately. ?

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A 32-year old female asked:

Soft round very small stools. Easy to pass and no straining, I think its Bristol stool type 5 but sometimes feeling incomplete. Is this an issue?

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A 22-year old female asked:

Trying to determine cause of hard stools, i have noticed a few days of high fibre clears up mild constipation but as soon as i have 1 or 2 days of less fibre its like im getting backed up again is this normal?

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A 30-year old female asked:

My two month poops after every feed its 4 days now since it started, even if I give him a small feed he poops a mustard seedy stool, he is currently using a formula. I checked his temperature , it looks fine . ?

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A 24-year old female asked:

My stool is very very green. So green its dyeing the water a green color too. Since its dyeing the color I assumed it was a blue frosted cupcake I ate yesterday. I never had an issue before but its been 15 hrs. Could it still be that?

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A 34-year old female asked:

Why is my stool so dark?

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A 19-year old male asked:

Which colour stool is normal?

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