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Small feces (little poops) is a symptom in which a person has smaller than usual amounts of poop. It is normal if a person is digesting all he eats and drinks, with little fiber or other indigestible to make poop, as long as the small feces are not firm.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

Body locations

Buttock, Lower abdomen

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