Why Is My Poop Black? 7 Causes of Black or Tarry Stool

If you notice your poop is black or tarry, it might be due to something as simple as a change in your diet or a new medicine you’re taking. Sometimes, though, it’s a sign of a medical problem that you don’t want to ignore.

Even if you think you know why it’s happening, always call your doctor if you have black, tarry stools.

Iron Supplements

Black poop can be a side effect of iron pills you take for anemia — a condition that happens when you don’t have enough red blood cells to carry oxygen around your body.

Other side effects of iron supplements are:

Tell your doctor if you notice any problems after you take iron supplements. You may need to stop or switch to a different type.

Dark-Colored Foods

Sometimes dark-colored foods turn your poop black. These include:

• Black licorice
• Chocolate sandwich cookies
• Blueberries
• Grape juice
• Beets

The dark color should go away once you stop eating the food that caused it.

Medicines With Bismuth

Drugs for upset stomach like bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol and Kaopectate) contain bismuth to calm your belly. Bismuth can turn your tongue and poop black.

This symptom is harmless. It should go away once you stop taking the medicine. Call your doctor and stop taking it if you:

• Have a ringing or buzzing sound in your ears or can’t hear
• Feel worse after taking bismuth

Bleeding Ulcer

A bleeding ulcer is the most common concerning cause of dark stools. An ulcer is an open sore on the inside of your stomach or small intestine. Sometimes these sores bleed. This can make your poop dark. Blood exposed to gastric acids turns black and tarry (sticky). This is called melena and is a sign of an upper gastrointestinal bleed.

Alcohol and NSAIDs and hpylori increase your risk for gastric ulcers

Other signs that you have an ulcer include:

• Burning pain in your belly
• Swollen belly
• Burping
• Heartburn
• Nausea, throwing up, or having vomit that looks like coffee grounds

Some medicines for ulcers lower the amount of acid in your stomach. Others coat and protect it from the damage that stomach acids can cause.

Call your doctor if you:

• See blood in your poop or vomit
• Have trouble breathing
• Feel like you’re about to pass out
• Have lost weight without trying
• Lose your appetite

Esophageal and Gastric Cancers

If you have bleeding in the upper GI tract — the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum — you could have black, tarry stools that are called melena. It could be a sign of esophageal and gastric cancers.

Some other symptoms of esophageal cancer are:

If you have gastric (stomach) cancer, you could have symptoms like:

• Feeling tired
• Being bloated after you eat
• Severe heartburn or indigestion
• Nausea or vomiting
• Pain in your stomach
• Losing weight when you’re not trying to

Treatment for these cancers depends on the stage of the disease and how far it’s spread. Options can include surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation.

Mallory-Weiss Tear

Intense coughing or vomiting can tear the esophagus and make it bleed, a condition called a Mallory-Weiss tear.

Other symptoms you might get are:

Most tears heal on their own. If yours doesn’t, your doctor can use a heat treatment or give you medicine to stop the bleeding.

Call your doctor if you:

• See a dark color in your vomit or poop
• Feel weak or dizzy
• Feel short of breath
• Have pain in your chest or belly

Esophageal Varices

Varices are swollen veins in the esophagus — the tube that your food travels down to get from your throat to your stomach. These abnormal veins can sometimes leak blood or break open. They’re more common in people with liver disease.

If varices are the cause of bright red blood in your stools, you might also have symptoms like:

• Yellow skin and eyes
• Bruises
• Swollen belly
• Throwing up blood
• Dizziness
• Fainting

Bleeding in your esophagus is an emergency that needs treatment in a hospital. The treatment usually involves getting medicine through an IV to lower the pressure in the veins or a procedure called an endoscopy to tie off the veins to stop the bleeding.

Call your doctor if you:

• Blood in your vomit or have black tarry stool
• Get very dizzy or pass out

Purpose, Procedure, Risks, and Results

What Is an Upper GI Series?

An upper GI series is a group of X-ray tests that look at your GI tract — your food pipe (the esophagus), stomach, and the first part of your small intestine (the duodenum) while they’re working. It’s sometimes called UGI for short.

Your GI tract is the path that food takes through your body. GI stands for “gastrointestinal,” which means “stomach and intestines.”

Images are made by using a special form of X-ray called fluoroscopy and a contrast material such as barium that you take by mouth.

Fluoroscopy makes it possible to see internal organs in motion. When the upper GI tract is coated with barium, the radiologist can see the esophagus, stomach and duodenum and tell how well they’re working.

An X-ray exam that evaluates only the pharynx and esophagus is called a barium swallow.

An upper GI series can show:

• An ulcer
• A hiatal hernia
• Cancer and other growths, like tumors
• Enlarged blood vessels
• Narrowed pathways
• Scars or other issues with your gastrointestinal tissues
• Blockages

Who Needs an Upper GI Series?

Doctors use a UGI to learn why your gut isn’t working right. You may have this test if you have symptoms like:

It might also help explain why you’re losing weight when you don’t mean to.

Preparing for an Upper GI Series

Your doctor will probably ask you not to eat, drink, or chew gum overnight or in the morning before you have this test. Your stomach must be empty, because food makes it hard to see your GI tract on X-rays.

Ask your doctor if it’s OK to take your usual medicines with a small sip of water. Tell your doctor if you have any allergies or take supplements.

Also let your doctor know if there’s a chance you might be pregnant. X-rays could harm your baby.

How an Upper GI Series Is Done

You need to go to a hospital or location that does the test. It’s not something the doctor can do in the office.

A technician and a radiologist will guide you through it. They won’t have to put any devices or instruments inside your body, and you’ll be awake. An upper GI may make you feel a little bloated or crampy, but you won’t need any pain medicine.

To start, you’ll drink a special liquid with barium. It looks like a milkshake but doesn’t much taste like one. This coats the lining of your GI tract so it’s easier for doctors to see.

The technician will take some X-rays while you do that.

If you’re having a kind of UGI called a double-contrast series, you’ll also swallow some fizzy tablets. They’ll create gas bubbles to expand your stomach for a better view. They may make you want to burp, but try not to. The technician will take more X-rays.

Then you’ll lie down for a different X-ray test called fluoroscopy. It follows the barium as it moves through you. The radiologist will watch pictures on a screen, like a movie, to see how your GI tract is working.

During the test, you may need to move around a little, or the table you’re on may tilt to get the barium to coat your whole GI tract. You might have to drink more barium to make sure no spots are missed.

The whole process usually takes about 2 hours. It could take as long as 5 hours if the barium moves slowly in your small intestine.

Upper GI Series Risks

Like all types of X-rays, an upper GI series involves radiation, so it’s important to talk with your doctor about your specific situation. The risks linked to radiation get higher the more you’re exposed to it, so be sure to tell them about any other X-rays or scans you’ve had in the past.

You also should tell your doctor if you’re allergic to or have had any kind of reaction to contrast dyes, iodine, or latex.

After the procedure, there’s a chance of constipation or fecal impaction (when a hard mass of stool gets stuck) if the barium doesn’t get completely flushed out of your system.

After the Upper GI Series Test

You can drive and eat as soon as your upper GI series is over.

Drink lots of water to help flush out the barium. It can turn your poop white and make going to the bathroom hard.

Tell your doctor if you haven’t had a bowel movement after 2 days, your stomach hurts a lot, or you have a fever.

Upper GI Series Test Results

A radiologist will study your X-rays and send a report to your doctor.

Depending on what they find, you might need more tests. Or you may start your treatment.

Mucus in stool: A concern?

What causes mucus in stool? Is this a concern?

Answer From Elizabeth Rajan, M.D.

A small amount of mucus in stool is usually nothing to worry about. Stool normally contains a small amount of mucus — a jellylike substance that your intestines make to keep the lining of your colon moist and lubricated.

But you should talk to your doctor if you notice an increased amount of mucus in stool — particularly if it begins happening regularly or if it’s accompanied by bleeding or a change in bowel habits.

Larger amounts of mucus in stool, associated with diarrhea, may be caused by certain intestinal infections. Bloody mucus in stool, or mucus accompanied by abdominal pain, can represent more serious conditions — Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and even cancer.

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Narrow stools: Should I be concerned?

Narrow stools that occur infrequently probably are harmless. However in some cases, narrow stools — especially if pencil thin — may be a sign of narrowing or obstruction of the colon due to colon cancer.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is another condition that may cause changes in the size of your stools, so that they’re smaller, larger or narrower than usual. IBS also causes changes in the consistency of stools.

Check with your doctor if you notice any changes in your bowel habits — such as narrower than normal stools — that last longer than one to two weeks. Consult your doctor immediately if your bowel changes are accompanied by rectal bleeding or severe abdominal pain.

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Undigested food in stool: What does it mean?

For the past few days, I’ve noticed undigested food in my stool. Should I be concerned?

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Occasionally, you may see undigested food fragments in stool. This usually is high-fiber vegetable matter, which normally isn’t broken down and absorbed in your digestive tract.

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Stool Color Overview | Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Poop comes in all colors (and smells and textures), including many shades of brown, green or yellow. In general, these colors are normal and variations in these colors do NOT indicate that anything is wrong.
In some instances, poop color can provide important clues as to problems with the gastrointestinal tract or liver. Visit our stool color guide to learn more about what your child’s poop color can tell you.  

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Download PoopMD+, a free iPhone app that helps parents and caregivers better understand what the color of a baby’s poop means. The app’s color recognition software and your smartphone’s camera work together to determine whether the color of your baby’s poop is normal or abnormal. Data gathered about baby poop color will help advance pediatric liver disease research.

Red and Black Stools

Lots of foods, drinks or medications may make the poop red or black, and it is not concerning when foods do this. For example, beets and artificial fruit juice can make the poop red, while licorice, blueberries and Pepto-Bismol® can make it black. All babies have black stools called meconium for the first few days of life.

However, most of the time red or black stools are a concern for gastrointestinal bleeding. Bright red stools are most commonly associated with problems near the end of the gastrointestinal tract (e.g., the rectum) and black stools typically suggest problems earlier in the gastrointestinal tract (e. g., the stomach or the beginning of the small intestine). Maroon stools often suggest a problem somewhere in the middle of the gastrointestinal tract. 

If you suspect that your child has red or black stools, you should see your child’s pediatrician right away.

Learn more about red and black stool colors.

White Stools

Very rarely, babies will develop white,chalky grey or pale yellow stools. This may not be obvious in the first few days or weeks of life when all babies have normal, black stools. However, these pale stools suggest that there may be a life-threatening blockage in the liver preventing bile, the green fluid stored in the gallbladder that gives stool the yellow/brown color, from getting out of the liver. If you suspect that your infant has white, chalky grey or pale yellow stools, you must contact your child’s pediatrician right away. The most common cause of these stools in infants is a disease called biliary atresia can be found on our website.and early diagnosis of this condition is important to correct this problem.

Learn more about white stool colors.

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Visit our health section to see our collection of stool photographs to help you learn more about normal and abnormal stool color.

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You can download a copy of a stool color guide to educate new parents about colors associated with infant liver disease like biliary atresia. The guides are available in English or Spanish. These guides are being distributed nationwide to birthing centers by Procter & Gamble Baby Care through a collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology. To order printed copies of stool guides for your hospital or pediatric practice, please call 800-543-3331.

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7 Different Colors of Poop: What’s Normal — and What’s Not?

Brown, green, yellow, tan — babies and kiddos can often produce a rainbow of different colors of poop in their underthings. But which colors are normal and which are cause for concern?

Our poop is a window into our health, and its color can vary greatly depending on the kinds of foods, drinks and medicines that we’ve put in our bodies (anyone who’s ever eaten red velvet cake could probably attest to that). Most of the time, our poop is brown. But what if it’s a shade of yellow or orange? What if it’s gray or black or red? Which colors are fine, and which mean trouble?

As with any medical question you have regarding your children’s health, if the color of your child’s poop concerns you, you should definitely call your child’s pediatrician. Or, if it’s your poop, call your doctor. But here’s a handy primer to the common colors of poop and the possible causes for each hue of poo.

Brown: There’s a reason the poop emoji is brown. Brown is the most common poop color, and brown stools typically mean that all is well for a child’s digestive health. This color isn’t as common among infants who breastfeed, but as kids get older and start eating more solid foods, says the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), their poop typically turns brown.

Yellow: If you breastfeed your infant, you’ll most likely find stool of a mustard yellow color with a seedy texture in the dirty diaper, says the National Institutes of Health (NIH). And if you do, don’t worry — this color is perfectly normal for little ones.

Tan: If you feed your baby formula, you’ll likely see a lot of firm, tan stools in their diaper, the NIH says. Nothing to worry about here, either — your child’s body is working just as it should.

Green: Green poops are A-OK, too; like tan poops, they’re usually seen more often in formula-fed babies, the AAP says. Leafy veggies and iron-fortified foods, which your tot can eat once they graduate to solid foods, can trigger a green coloration in their stool, as can green Jell-O and fruit snacks, the AAP says.

Red: If you see red in your child’s stool, call your pediatrician as soon as possible — especially if your child hasn’t eaten anything red. That red streak could be blood in your child’s feces, which can signify a range of problems that need urgent attention.

As your child gets older, a number of reddish-colored culprits — such as beets, cranberries and red Jell-O — can turn poop red. In fact, more than 9 in 10 cases of red poop aren’t caused by blood at all, but from foods, medicines and drinks that are naturally or artificially dyed red, the AAP says. However, you should always call a doctor if you see red in your stool, just to be sure.

Black: Babies will pass black bowel movements their first few days after birth. This isn’t feces; it’s meconium, which is typically dark greenish-black in color, tar-like in texture, and perfectly normal. But after those first few days, a child shouldn’t have blackish stools again. If they do, it’s time to call the doctor; as with red poop, black poop may indicate blood in the stool.

However, some foods, drinks and medications can also make poop look black — licorice, Oreos and iron-based medicines, to name a few. And sometimes, healthy green poop can be mistaken for black poop, the AAP says. Always err on the side of caution, though, and call a pediatrician if you see a black stool.

White or Gray: White and gray aren’t as common as the other different colors of poop. If you see these colors, call your doctor right away. Some medicines like antacids may trigger whiter shades of feces. But white or gray poop could also be caused by a serious problem in your kid’s liver. The earlier your child gets diagnosed and treated, the better, so call your pediatrician to rule out any underlying disease.

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90,000 What affects the color of excrement?

Stool color may be the result of a certain product or may indicate existing health problems.

So why can feces change color? Which color should be a cause for concern, and which one simply depends on the food you eat?

• Beetroot
  Red beets contain an enzyme called betacyanin, which is responsible for the blood-like color.During the digestion of food, most of the substances are broken down to such an extent that they lose their color. Betacyanin is processed differently by different people. And if you really have consumed beets in the last few days, then most likely the red color of the feces is precisely because of the beets. If you notice red spots in your stool but haven’t eaten beets or other red foods on this list, it could be blood. In this case, it is advisable to consult a doctor immediately.

• Green vegetables
  If you eat a lot of greens, in particular spinach, broccoli, lettuce, this may show up in the color of your excrement.Foods with a lot of green pigment can cause the stool to turn green. If you do not experience any other symptoms and feel healthy, then green stool is a sign that you have been eating green vegetables.

• Blueberries
  Don’t be surprised if you see feces with a black or blue tint. If, after a period of time after eating blueberries, your feces become colored, then there is no cause for concern.However, bluish purple stool is also a symptom of a rare disease called porphyria. Other symptoms of porphyria include nausea, breathing problems, and seizures.

• Food colors
  Food colors in some foods can also affect stool color. Therefore, try to remember if you accidentally ate foods of this color.

• Drugs
  Some drugs may affect the color of your stool.So, for example, medicines for diarrhea, heartburn, nausea can turn saliva and feces black. Drugs used to remove radioactive compounds from the body can turn the stool blue.

If you guess what could serve to stain the stool in one color or another, then most likely everything is in order with you and there is no reason for concern. However, if you are concerned, it is best not to delay your doctor’s consultation.

Although often the color of the stool reflects what a person has recently eaten, some shades such as white, black or red can signal a more serious problem.

White, pale or gray stool indicates biliary obstruction. Black stool can cause internal bleeding, such as an ulcer. A bright red or bloody hue may indicate upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

If brown feces have streaks of blood, it may signal a possible ulcer, hemorrhoid, fissure or colon cancer.

Remember that suspicious discoloration of stool should be the reason for immediate medical attention.In this way, the development of serious consequences can be prevented.

90,000 Orange feces in an adult. Fecal discoloration

The digestive system processes food to the smallest compound, providing the body with the necessary energy. Any disruptions in the work of the gastrointestinal tract in themselves lead to disorders, and if treatment is not timely, serious illnesses are possible.

It is not always possible to identify pathology in the early stages, but if a person has a red stool and there is a deterioration in well-being, this is a strong argument for contacting a doctor.

Feces, forming in the intestines, acquire a brown color. It is caused by bile, which is a yellow-green fluid. It is synthesized in the liver and plays the role of a digestive enzyme.

Passing through the intestines, bile turns brown, and any deviations from this color give the doctors a reason for a more detailed examination.

What is red stool a symptom of?

Often, a change in the color of feces to red or orange stools appears only due to the fact that a person has eaten too much food of the corresponding color.And while some people become overly worried about this, the worry is usually unnecessary.

For example, it may appear after eating blood sausage or black currant, and the green color is caused by plant chlorophyll.

Orange colored stools are caused by eating carrots, apricots and other foods rich in beta-carotene.

Sometimes this color is the result of the use of drugs based on the anti-tuberculosis antibiotic Rifampicin or special supplements with vitamin A.

Red feces are often caused by eating beets or tomatoes.

Many people are familiar with this change in the chair after a meal, the main dishes of which were herring under a fur coat or borscht. But you also need to eat a lot of such products so that the red streaks in the feces become pronounced.

If in the course of a therapeutic conversation it turns out that the patient’s well-being is consistently good and has not changed, and the diet has recently been saturated with such food, doctors do not consider this a disorder, referring to physiological processes.

However, red feces may indicate intestinal pathology.

When should you be on your guard?

The human digestive system is most vulnerable to microorganisms. Of course, microbes are capable of infecting any organs, but it is in the gastrointestinal tract that there are all the necessary conditions for the development of pathogenic bacteria.

The failure of the liver and pancreas cannot be ruled out either. These organs are responsible for the synthesis of enzymes, without which digestion is simply impossible.

Often signals about dysbiosis, which, as a rule, develops after taking antibiotics. These medicines are necessary to combat harmful microorganisms, but the effect of chemical compounds also extends to beneficial microbes.

In addition, the inflammatory process in the intestine strives to neutralize the protective cells – leukocytes. Doing their work, they also die, are excreted along with feces, which turns green.

Yellow and orange stools can be associated with high concentrations of undigested fat.And this indicates a low amount of pancreatic juice.

If a person has black and red feces (solid or streaked), and the day before the corresponding food products have not been consumed, then the reasons may be of a pathological nature:

• hemorrhoids;
• fissures of the rectum or other parts of the intestine;
• ulcers;
• inflammation;
• helminths;
• infection;
• tumor.

However, redness of the stool is different.It all depends on the location of the lesion.

Bright red stools indicate bleeding in the lower intestines, and dark – in the upper.

In addition, a person often has diarrhea, nausea, pain and high body temperature – these additional symptoms are important diagnostic characteristics.

Unlike adults, children often show red stools. And in most cases this is not a sign of pathology.In very young children (up to 1 year old), reddening of the feces occurs due to an ordinary banana, and it is not so important who ate it: either the child himself, or a mother who is breastfeeding.

Older children are often addicted to a variety of sweets and drinks with dyes, which also contributes to the discoloration of feces.

Loose orange stools may indicate indigestion due to the use of poor-quality food. Gastric lavage () will come to the rescue in such a situation, as well as taking probiotics – special means for normalizing microflora.

Children sometimes eat completely unwashed fruits plucked from the garden, and this is fraught with the development of dysentery, the signs of which are an admixture of blood and pus in the feces. In this case, you should not delay contacting a pediatrician.

What to do if the stool is red?

First of all, it is important to pay attention to well-being
if it is good – remember the dishes eaten the day before. If there were no red foods in the diet, then I recommend contacting the hospital for examination – especially if there is a deterioration in general condition, weakness or dizziness.

Red-brown feces have characteristic impurities that indicate a particular disease. Therefore, doctors will require an analysis of feces, and in case of severe malaise, they may prescribe an internal examination using an endoscope.

Red liquid stools usually occur with ulcerative colitis. Such a disease is treated on an outpatient basis, necessarily prescribing a special diet high in thermally processed vegetables and fruits.

But in some cases, you cannot do without an operation.For example, in case of gastric bleeding, the patient is immediately sent to the surgical department.
Infectious diseases require the use of antibiotics.

And in the case of bleeding hemorrhoids, it is quite possible to carry out their resection, although in the early stages medications are usually prescribed. Regardless of the cause of the reddening of the stool, self-medication is not only undesirable, but also dangerous.

Any person can get indigestion. And if orange feces do not bother doctors, then red is perceived as a sign of pathology in the gastrointestinal tract.

It is better to contact a gastroenterologist who, from the height of his experience, will give a sober assessment of the situation and prescribe the correct course of therapy.

If a light yellow stool appears, then this gives rise to thinking about the state of health of the internal organs of a person.

There are various reasons for the clarification of stool. Sometimes such changes indicate diseases of internal organs and metabolic disorders.

On the other hand, yellow stool is often the result of certain foods.This phenomenon is not a pathology.

Normal stool color

In adults with a healthy digestive system, stool color can vary. Stool coloration is not permanent.

This is a dynamic characteristic that changes depending on a variety of external and internal factors.

Feces can be light or dark under different circumstances. The main one is considered to be a brown tone, which is provided by bile pigment.

In the opposite situation, it is worth thinking about internal pathological processes. It is by no means possible to ignore the light yellow color of feces without a clear understanding of the causes of its occurrence.

The color of excrement depends on the physical activity of a person, his diet, the use of certain drinks and medicines.

Mental state also indirectly affects the color of feces in an adult. The predominant use of certain products by a person significantly affects the feces, including their texture, shape and color.

On the other hand, due to the active participation of bile in the breakdown of food, the liver and gallbladder directly affect the color of the final product of food processing.

Therefore, the full functioning of these internal organs is very important. At the same time, different shades of feces are often determined by the predominance of a certain diet.

Normal healthy excrement with a basic brown color has different shades.

The following color variations of stool can be distinguished:

• dark brown is the result of a mixed diet that includes various components;
• light brown tones ensure the predominance of plant foods;
• black-brown faeces indicate frequent and abundant consumption of meat products;
• light yellow feces with orange tints appear in an adult with a predominance of a milk diet.

The appearance of other colors of the stool of an adult should alert him. Often, these symptoms are the basis for immediate medical attention.

It is important to observe changes in the functioning of your own organism, to listen to your feelings and external manifestations.

This will prevent serious diseases or detect them in the early stages of their onset. Such measures will provide a positive therapeutic result.

What causes the color of feces to change?

The most harmless lightening of feces of healthy people is often caused by excessive consumption of milk or dairy products.

You should not worry about your health in such cases, because when you change the diet, the stool will normalize.

When excrement is clarified for no apparent reason, there is already a significant reason for a doctor’s consultation.

The root causes of such changes in the shades of stool may be associated with disturbances in the functioning of some internal organs: the pancreas, liver and gallbladder, intestines.

As a result of a decrease in the secretion of the pancreas due to a lack of digestive enzymes, fats in the digestive system are not broken down.

In addition, for these reasons, there is a slowdown in the digestive processes in general. As a result, the food masses are saturated with whole fatty compounds, which color them, lightening the natural brown.

Dysfunctions of the gallbladder and liver directly affect the clarification of feces, which can be explained by physiological processes inside the body.

In such cases, there are failures in the secretion of bile, which is necessary for the breakdown of bilirubin.

As a result, bilirubin enters the intestines intact, significantly lightening the feces and affecting the functioning of the kidneys.

With such changes as a result of defecation, feces of a bright light yellow saturated color and concentrated dark urine appear.

Fecal conglomerate can sometimes undergo increased fermentation in the intestine.

Accordingly, such reactions chemically affect the contents of the colon and rectum, lightening the feces.As a result, the output is light yellow feces.

The reasons for color changes in the stool of an adult are much more varied in comparison with small children, since the body eventually acquires some chronic pathologies.

Digestive disorders associated with dysfunctions of the gastrointestinal tract, various infections, dysbiosis, inflammatory processes of the liver, tumors of a different nature against the background of changes in the consistency of feces and their odor clearly affect the clarification of feces.

In such cases, self-treatment and diagnosis is unacceptable. The most correct option for solving problems with stool and maintaining health is to contact a specialist, conduct tests, study them in detail and correct treatment procedures.

Light yellow stools for a long time are obvious reasons for an immediate visit to a gastroenterologist.

In such cases, metabolic and digestive disorders occur.

The presence of diseases of the internal organs of the digestive system, along with the clarification of feces, is often manifested by increased gas production, cramps and pain in the abdomen, nausea, vomiting, darkening of urine against the background of an increase in body temperature.

Thus, the main reasons for the clarification of feces in an adult to light yellow tones are the predominance of calcium in food, a large amount of dairy products consumed, pathological abnormalities in the functioning of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract, especially the liver, gall bladder and pancreas.

Treatment of symptoms

Light yellow unnatural stool signals a malfunction of the internal organs.

If such external manifestations are ignored, the disease state of the body can significantly worsen, so the main thing is to consult a doctor in time.

In each case, it is important to provide an individual approach of a specialist. At the same time, the problems of discoloration of stool in children are often solved by themselves, since they are mainly associated with children’s milk ration.

The causes of stool disorders in adults can be more varied, therefore, the treatment of such deviations in them is most often associated with the use of medications.

Treatment of adults is aimed at solving the following problems:

• stabilization of digestion;
• normalization of metabolism through a strict diet;
• restoration of the functioning of the liver and pancreas;
• activation of the pancreas.

If violations of the color of feces can be associated with diseases of internal organs, at least theoretically, then you should immediately consult a doctor.

Such problems often indicate severe pathologies that can have an irreversible effect on the entire body.

In the most advanced cases, surgical interventions are used.

However, most often diseases, the signs of which are light yellow feces, are treated with a special therapeutic course.

It consists of a strict diet, special procedures and the use of medications that directly affect the causes of the disease.

In the event of a light yellow coloration of the daily stool, you must first pay attention to the recently consumed foods.

If the color change is associated with an increase in the diet of fatty foods, then one can suspect some dysfunction of the pancreas, which does not produce enough enzyme to break it down.

There are many drugs that have a negative effect on liver function. Certain contraceptives, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and acetylsalicylic acid can lighten stool.

If a light yellow color of the stool appears due to taking medications, you should contact a specialist.

Thus, the change in the color of feces is significantly influenced by various circumstances of external and internal origin.

Depending on the person’s well-being, you need to act in different ways. For reassurance, it is always better to consult a doctor, carry out diagnostic measures and, if necessary, the necessary medical procedures.

The state of human health can be determined by various factors.Appearance, well-being, pain and other features are important nuances in making a diagnosis. But there is another factor that people rarely pay attention to – the color of the stool. It allows you to find out about the state of the internal organs responsible for metabolic processes. Today we will discuss light yellow stool.

What should be the color of feces in the norm

A healthy organism always has a strictly defined stool color. It depends on many factors of digestion and food processing, so it can be used to determine the state of body functions.

Bilirubin is mainly responsible for the color of feces. This substance is contained in bile, with the help of which it is excreted from the body along with digestive waste. Bilirubin is formed from hemoglobin, which occurs during the breakdown of red blood cells and their replacement with new cells. A healthy body regulates this function, so the rate of excretion of bilirubin in it is identical regardless of age, gender and race.

The normal color of the stool, provided by bile, is brown. But its shade can vary depending on the type of diet that feeds the body.

The following shades of feces are allowed (table 1).

If you have faeces of a different color, you should consult a doctor. This is influenced not only by the proportion of bilirubin, but also by other factors such as internal bleeding, indigestion, intestinal congestion, and the like.

Normal stool color, regulated by the bilirubin content in bile, brown. It has different shades, depending on the patient’s diet.

The preparations can change the color of the faeces.An unreasonable change in color or shade indicates disturbances in the vital processes of the body.

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Reasons for color change

Light-colored stools are not considered healthy and indicate disorders in the body. Sometimes a large consumption of dairy products leads to it, but a sharp, unreasonable change in color is a reason for visiting a doctor.

There are several reasons for the appearance of light yellow feces.This indicates a malfunction of the pancreas, liver, or problems with the digestive tract.

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The following problems are noted with such a change in the color of the waste:

There are several reasons for the feces of a light yellow hue. It can become so due to the large amount of dairy products in the diet, which is safe for the body. In other cases, there may be problems with the gallbladder, pancreas, or digestion. Light yellow feces are a reason to visit a doctor, because this indicates significant health problems.

Gastrointestinal disorder

The causes may be diseases such as:

If the yellow color of the stool is accompanied by its thinning, foam and an unpleasant odor, this may be a symptom of giardiasis. In such a condition, an immediate doctor’s consultation is needed, it can also be accompanied by:

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Hormonal disorder

The yellow color of feces, while maintaining its normal consistency, may be due to hormonal disruptions in the body, which can occur in both women and men.This is due to the fact that with a lack or excessive amount of some hormones, the peristalsis of the small and large intestines increases, therefore, food does not have time to break down normally.

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Light yellow feces

The color of a child’s stool can vary over a wide range. The young organism is not yet formed and may react differently to changes in the diet.

For a child

Minor stool changes in a child should not worry parents, it happens all over the place. The main thing in this case is the preservation of the consistency of the feces and the absence of foam.

Light yellow feces of a child are a sign of dairy products in the diet. If the diet consists of breastfeeding or milk-based infant formula, then this is normal stool condition. This shade indicates the assimilation of mature milk.

But a change in the consistency of feces, accompanied by foam or a pungent odor, is a sign of indigestion.For breastfeeding, the normal state of the stool is a homogeneous liquid, similar in density to sour cream. If the diet includes baby food, then the feces come out in a thick or solid form.

Light stool in a child also occurs when calcium enters the body. These are the same dairy products, as well as vitamins and baby food.

But this color may indicate the poor condition of the child. Dysfunction of the organs strongly changes the color of feces, which refers to the functioning of the liver, pancreas, intestines or gallbladder.This is often caused by pathologies or diseases.

Medication also affects the color of the faeces. This should be taken into account if the child is undergoing medical treatment or recovery from illness.

Light yellow stool in a child is a normal occurrence due to dairy products in the body. If the children are feeling well, then there is no need to worry about them. But this color occurs in diseases of the digestive system, gallbladder, pancreas and liver.If the child’s condition is poor, then an urgent need to visit a doctor.

In adults

The causes of light yellow feces in an adult differ little from those previously listed. A large amount of dairy products, calcium, bowel disease, gland or gallbladder disease are the main reasons for this color in feces.

The difference between an adult and a child is that an adult has more diseases and problems leading to such a change in stool.

Common causes include:

Changes in stool consistency and odor are a clear indicator of digestive problems.But there are many other causes of fecal discoloration.

It is pointless to assess your condition on your own, only tests and a doctor’s examination will help.

An adult has many more reasons for the appearance of light yellow stool than a child. Various diseases, disruption of digestion and bile secretion, changes in diet and the like – all can lead to such symptoms. An accurate diagnosis can only be given by a doctor who examined the patient and made the necessary tests.

Talking about such a delicate topic as the color of the stool, many are embarrassed even at a doctor’s appointment. But false bashfulness often leads to serious health problems. For example, yellow feces in adults often indicate a malfunction in the body. If this symptom persists for a long time, it is recommended to see a doctor and have a complete physical examination.

Feces of a healthy person

The color of feces directly depends on the state of the gastrointestinal tract.Often people do not pay attention to the metamorphosis of fecal masses and have no idea what kind of stool they have. But a change in its color or consistency can tell a lot. Therefore, it is very important to recognize the pathology in time and take measures to eliminate it.

Interesting. Stool color depends on stercobilin (bile pigment), which is the end product of the breakdown of the non-protein part of hemoglobin. Therefore, feces of various shades of brown are considered healthy.

True, the color of feces may change slightly.Depending on the diet, medications taken and lifestyle, there are:

1. Dark brown stools. This color is considered to be the norm for an adult. He talks about proper nutrition and good work of the gastrointestinal tract.
2. Brown, yellowish stools appear with a lactic acid diet.
3. Light brown cal. It is typical for a vegetarian diet and is not considered a pathology.
4. is formed when eating a large amount of meat products.

These categories of stool are inherent in a healthy person. If the feces become yellow and this is not a one-time occurrence, you should consult a doctor. The reason for such changes can be a pathological state of the body, which can only be identified after a number of diagnostic measures.

Yellow feces as a symptom of the disease

It’s okay when stools change color from time to time. But if this happens unexpectedly and is not explained by food addictions, you should be on your guard.Since several organs take part in the process of staining feces – the pancreas, liver and gallbladder, a visible change in the shade of feces with a high degree of probability indicates a malfunction in one of them.

Below we will consider diseases that are characterized by the appearance of yellow feces, find out what this means and how dangerous the situation is.

Pathology of the pancreas

It has been proven that deterioration in the activity of the pancreas leads to discoloration of the stool.Cystic fibrosis, chronic pancreatitis, blocked ducts, or cancerous growths can turn stool yellow. This is due to a decrease in the production of digestive enzymes necessary for the assimilation of food, in particular fats.

The pancreas is involved in the regulation of fat metabolism

Attention. It is the unprocessed fats that give the stool a light yellow color and ointment consistency. The composition of feces also changes.

In addition, digestive enzymes are involved in the overall process of food processing.Therefore, the appearance of yellow stool indicates a deterioration in digestion and absorption of nutrients in general.

Pathologies of the liver and gallbladder

The amount of stercobilinogen in feces decreases during inflammatory processes in the biliary tract, which entails a change in the color of feces. With a complete blockage of the bile ducts with a stone or tumor, the coloring pigment may completely disappear. In this case, the chair will acquire a light sandy or clay tint.

Other, more obvious symptoms indicate problems with bile secretion:

• yellowing of the skin and eye white;
• hepatic colic;
• itching of the skin.

For reference. are formed with irregular nutrition or frequent diets. For normal bile secretion, the organ must systematically contract, and this happens only during a meal.

In addition, hepatitis or cirrhosis of the liver can cause yellow feces in adults.With these diseases, the production of bile acids and salts, which are involved in the digestion process, decreases. A decrease in the amount of bile causes not only a change in the color of the stool, but also severe pain in the right hypochondrium. In this case, the urine acquires a rich dark color, reminiscent of tea or beer.

The liver plays an essential role in the digestion process

If symptoms of liver or gallbladder damage appear, it is advisable to see a doctor as soon as possible. This will help avoid further development of the disease and the appearance of complications.

Crohn’s disease

Deep yellow stools can cause Crohn’s disease. Pathology is characterized by a violation of the functions of the entire digestive system. As a result, food is not processed properly, and fat leaves the digestive tract almost unchanged.

Other causes of yellow stool in adults

Yellow stool can be caused not only by the above pathologies, but also by the most harmless reasons. For example, frequent consumption of milk and products from it will sooner or later lead to a change in the color of feces.

Will affect the color of feces and fermentation processes in the intestines. At the same time, yellow feces in adults are accompanied by the following digestive problems:

• nausea and vomiting;
• foul smelling stool;

Attention. Often, the yellow color of feces appears when taking medications that cause dysbiosis. Especially often, the color of the stool changes against the background of the use of antibacterial drugs in excessive doses or without a doctor’s prescription.

A sudden change in the set of food or an unbalanced diet also leads to the formation of light yellow feces. Breaking the table is a kind of stressful situation for the body, which does not slow down to affect the work of the entire digestive tract.

A dairy diet can provoke the appearance of yellow feces.

Normal emotional stress or prolonged depression can also cause a change in the color of the stool, often leading to a deterioration in food processing.In addition, banal poisoning is often the cause of such metamorphoses. In this case, yellowing of the stool is accompanied by diarrhea and fever.

As you can see, the change in stool color is not always the result of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, you should not diagnose yourself and self-medicate. At best, this will not give any results, and at worst, it will exacerbate existing pathologies.

What if the stool turns yellow?

If the chair suddenly changes its usual color and turns yellow, you should not be afraid and panic.Perhaps the reason was the diet of the previous days. The abundance of dairy or fatty foods makes feces in adults yellow and bubbly. Changing your diet can quickly bring your faeces back to normal.

Proceed in the same way if the stool turns yellow with medication. After the abolition of drugs that negatively affect digestion and liver function, the stool will quickly return to its normal color.

In the recommended doses, these drugs most often do not have any noticeable effect on the color of the stool.Excessive dosage or prolonged use adversely affects the condition of the liver and leads to yellow stools.

If, after the measures taken, the feces do not return to normal for more than two days and the change in shade is accompanied by additional symptoms, you should visit a doctor. Only the doctor, after the diagnostic measures taken, can tell why the adult’s feces have become light yellow.

Every normal person, after emptying, is interested in the color of his feces.Whoever claims not to do this is probably a prude or a blind person. But it’s not about personality traits and disabilities, but about what the color of personal feces can tell an earthling. Sometimes their abnormal color indicates deviations in the state of health, which cannot be ignored.

Feces are not only brown or brownish. Often this substance becomes green, red, yellow, white or black. In most cases, small changes in the color of feces are associated with the characteristics of the diet.We don’t eat the same food every day. But sometimes a change in the color of feces indicates some health problem, and in rare cases – that the digestive system is experiencing serious problems in its work.

If the color of your own impurities excites you, it would not be superfluous to see a doctor.

Feces – brown, adults and children, Russians and Americans, vegetarians and meat-eaters know this. Fecal coloration is caused by bile, a fluid produced by the liver to digest fats.Fresh bile is yellowish green in color. Moving along with the food masses through the intestines, bile undergoes chemical transformations and turns brown.

Green feces

Generally, green or greenish poop is normal. This shade of substance is given by:

• Green vegetables (spinach, broccoli, etc.)
• Green food colors (in drinks, ice cream, etc.)
• Food supplements containing iron.

If you are suddenly puzzled by green diarrhea, then the color of the eaten food has nothing to do with it. Probably, the food rushed through the intestinal tract so quickly that the bile digesting fats did not have time to turn brown.

Yellow feces

For many people, the yellow tint of excrement is the norm. For example, for young children, especially those who are fed with breast milk. But if the stool looks oily and smells very bad, then it contains too much fat.This may mean that the body is not doing well enough to digest food.

For example, if a person is sick with celiac disease (intolerance to gluten in wheat, rice or barley) and consumes food containing gluten (different types of bread, pasta, cookies), then the patient’s intestines do not work well – far from how it should.

There are other phenomena, due to which the feces become yellow, greasy and extremely smelly. If this happens to you often, tell the doctor whose qualifications and opinion you trust.

White or just light feces

There are medicines for diarrhea that contain the metal bismuth in the form of a salt – subsalicylate. For example, “Kaopektat” or “Pepto Bismol”. Sometimes, due to bismuth subsalicylate, feces acquire. Barium compounds used in x-rays of the upper gastrointestinal tract can play a similar trick with bowel movements.

A more serious case is a deficiency of bile in the stool (as we already know, bile gives stool a characteristic brown color).Bile is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder, from where it enters the small intestine to aid digestion. If there is not enough bile to give the faeces their typical coloration, this indicates a health problem.

Liver diseases such as hepatitis can keep bile from entering stool. The same happens if the bile ducts are blocked, which may be caused by:

• Stones in the gallbladder
• Tumor
• A rare congenital malformation called biliary atresia.

Black feces

Infants have a black stool in the first days after birth.

If this happens at an older age, it means that either the person has eaten something very dark, or has taken or dietary supplements. But it can also signal a more serious situation – bleeding in the upper intestine.

Pharmacy products and gifts that make poop include:

• Dietary supplements with iron compounds
• Bismuth subsalicylate (“Pepto-Bismol”)
• Blueberry

If the faeces look like tar or tar, there may be bleeding in the digestive system.His reasons:

• Bleeding wounds in the esophagus due to acid reflux (esophagitis)
• Benign tumors

Red or reddish feces

If, looking into the toilet after a bowel movement, you see reddish excrement, do not panic. First you need to remember if you have eaten anything intensely red the day before. Foods such as beets, tomato soup, or drinks with red food coloring can dramatically affect stool coloration.But if the stool is bright red, then, most likely, bleeding has occurred somewhere in the lower part of the intestine. The same can be assumed if you haven’t eaten anything red the other day.

Causes of stool staining bleeding are as follows:

• Benign tumors
• Malignant tumors (cancer)
• Inflammation of the intestines (colitis)
• Intestinal polyps
• (bowel wall disease)
• Hemorrhoids

If there is nothing to blame for the food, and the feces are red, you should consult a doctor.

90,000 Porridge-like stools – causes, diagnosis and treatment

Causes of mushy stools

Early Childhood

In children of the first year of life, soft, unformed yellow stools are a variant of the norm, which is due to the monotonous feeding of breast milk or milk formulas, the restructuring of the digestive system in connection with increasing food loads. Gruel-like feces in infants up to 3-4 months are excreted after each feeding, then the feces become more shaped, the stool is reduced to 4-5, and then less times during the day.

Power supply features

Atypical mushy feces are noted with the abuse of fatty foods the day before, desserts with a large amount of cream. Remains of undigested fat move through the intestines, softening feces, acting as a natural laxative. The next day, after a plentiful feast, bowel movements are observed 2-3 times a day, the bowel movements are soft, “greasy” in appearance. At the same time, the general state of health, as a rule, is not disturbed.

Abundant mushy feces periodically occur in people who follow a strict plant-based diet with limited bread and cereals.Vegetables contain a large amount of fiber, therefore, they contribute to an increase in the volume of stool and change its consistency. Stool usually occurs once a day. If liquid bowel movements, nausea, abdominal pain appear against the background of the usual diet, you should visit a doctor.

Emotional factors

The normal functioning of the digestive system is inextricably linked with the stable functioning of the central and peripheral nervous system, therefore, under stress or other psychogenic shocks, mushy feces are often formed.The symptom can be caused by various reasons: an upcoming job interview, the delivery of an important project, a quarrel with a loved one. Stool change is preceded by rumbling and abdominal discomfort.

Gruel-like feces are observed in school students or graduates before exams. In addition to defecation disorders, abdominal cramping pains, a painful feeling “in the stomach”, and nausea are typical. A liquid, mushy stool occurs once, all symptoms disappear when the action of the stress factor is eliminated.The development of prolonged dyspepsia against the background of stress often indicates organic causes and requires examination by a specialist.

Irritable bowel syndrome

In this condition, patients are concerned about various violations of the frequency and consistency of stools, but the variant with a predominance of diarrhea is more common. Gruel-like feces are either completely liquid, or in the form of soft “flakes” and lumps. The act of defecation is combined with abdominal discomfort, sometimes pain in the anal region is noted.The appearance of a symptom is provoked by errors in the diet, psychoemotional overstrain, intercurrent diseases.

For IBS, mushy bowel movements are typical in the morning, 30-40 minutes after waking up. The stool is preceded by intestinal cramps, rumbling of the abdomen, painful urge to defecate. After using the toilet, all symptoms disappear, and during the day a person can feel completely healthy. If the mushy stool is excreted for a long time, is not associated with the time of day, this indicates the addition of chronic gastrointestinal pathology.

Food allergy

Allergens entering the digestive tract irritate the intestinal mucosa and increase the secretion of water into the intestinal lumen. In this case, the feces soften, excreted in the form of a heterogeneous gruel, sometimes with a fetid odor. Defecation occurs 2-3 hours after eating an allergen product, accompanied by heaviness in the stomach, severe nausea. Sometimes food allergies cause massive diarrhea with a discharge of liquid, watery stool, which requires medical attention.

Dysbacteriosis

Disruption of the normal microflora of the large intestine with its colonization by pathogenic organisms causes a variety of reasons: all acute infections of any localization, severe somatic diseases. With dysbiosis, the processes of bacterial putrefaction and decomposition predominate in the intestine, which is clinically manifested by a mushy fetid stool, on the surface of which a greenish-gray bloom can be seen.

The frequency of bowel movements ranges from 4-5 times per day, a meager amount of unformed feces is excreted at a time.The discharge of feces is preceded by intense cramping pains in the lower abdomen, rumbling, tenesmus. The condition improves with a strict diet (slimy cereals and soups, stewed vegetables). When hard-to-digest foods are added to the diet, mushy stools become more frequent up to 10 times a day, and pain in the abdomen increases.

Hypovitaminosis

The most typical appearance of mushy feces with a deficiency of vitamin PP (niacin). Such a symptom mainly occurs in people who follow strict diets with restriction of animal food and cereals, with a normal full-fledged diet, vitamin deficiency almost does not occur.Patients note increased stool frequency and impaired digestion of food, as a result of which food residues and mucus are visible in the liquid feces.

The symptom is also observed with a lack of other vitamins, most often in early spring. The stool in the form of a gruel leaves periodically, the frequency of bowel movements remains normal or slightly increases. In addition to changes in the consistency of feces, abdominal cramps, nausea after eating, flatulence are disturbing. Severe hypovitaminosis C is characterized by abundant loose stools with mucus, in which streaks of blood are sometimes visible.The symptom is accompanied by bleeding from the gums, nose.

Intestinal infection

Bacterial and viral infections are common causes of mushy stools in people of all ages. Most often, dyspeptic disorders occur within 8-12 hours after consuming a suspicious product. A person experiences severe nausea and vomiting, an urge to defecate, which ends in the discharge of liquid, heterogeneous feces with pieces of undigested food. The stool may turn greenish yellow.

In case of poisoning with specific pathogens (salmonella, shigella), a prodromal period is observed during the first day, the stool is more often shaped, but has a softer consistency. On the second day, intense pain develops in the navel area or in the left abdomen, which is accompanied by frequent defecation. The stool becomes thin, fetid and greenish. The main infectious causes of mushy feces:

Gastritis

Gruel-like feces are more characteristic of hypoacid gastritis, but can also form with increased acidity of gastric juice.Gruel-like feces are often provoked by abundant food intake, dietary disorders, and stress. Loose stools also indicate an exacerbation of a chronic process. In this case, it is combined with dull bursting pains in the epigastric region, nausea and foul belching.

Hyperacid gastritis is characterized by frequent bowel movements with small amounts of soft or liquid feces. Defecation is preceded by sharp spasms in the epigastrium and umbilical region, vomiting. The symptom is intermittent.Its development is facilitated by the missed intake of hypoacid drugs, the abuse of heavy fatty foods. The discharge of unformed black feces is an alarming symptom that requires urgent help.

Pancreatitis

In chronic pancreatitis, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency occurs. Digestive disorders and malabsorption syndrome are noted. Stool frequency – on average 1-2 times a day, feces of soft consistency, gray in color. In appearance, the feces are “oily”, leaving marks on the walls of the toilet bowl.With an exacerbation of pancreatic inflammation, the number of bowel movements increases, the feces become fetid, abundant.

Diseases of the hepatobiliary system

With an insufficient amount of bile in the duodenum, fats are not broken down, and in the form of large drops are excreted with feces. Acute cholecystitis is characterized by lightening and softening of feces: during bowel movements, a grayish-white gruel with a pungent odor is released. In a chronic process, the stool is of a normal color, resembling soft lumps or layers, but not liquid.Disorder of defecation is accompanied by pain in the right hypochondrium, nausea, bitterness in the mouth.

A similar clinical picture is determined with liver lesions of various causes: viral and autoimmune hepatitis, fatty infiltration, hepatosis. In addition to mushy stools, patients complain of dull pain and heaviness in the right abdomen, constant nausea, vomiting with impurities of bile. With viral hepatitis A and E, stool consistency normalizes in 2-3 weeks, with hepatitis B – within a few months.

Other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

Stool loosening occurs in any pathology of the digestive system, but more often with damage to the intestinal tract. Depending on the activity of the process, mushy feces leave with each bowel movement or only with violations of the therapeutic diet. Pain and discomfort increase before bowel movement. Defecation allows you to slightly improve the patient’s condition. Stool instability is most often caused by intestinal causes such as:

• Intestinal inflammation : Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, Whipple’s disease.
• Colon lesion : pseudomembranous colitis, lymphocytic colitis, diffuse polyposis.

Congenital enzymopathies

Pasty stool symptoms are most common in lactase deficiency. In the complete absence of the enzyme, pathological signs appear from 2-3 days of a child’s life, lighter forms are skipped in childhood and manifest in adults. Patients notice the appearance of loose stools a few hours after taking dairy products, while the duration of dyspepsia rarely exceeds 2 days.

The presence of such symptoms in adults is not considered a serious violation: according to statistics, about 40-50% of the population does not digest milk properly. The elimination of irritating foods from the diet helps to normalize the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. With prolonged persistence of dyspeptic disorders, despite a lactose-free diet, a specialist consultation is indicated.

Celiac disease

With gluten intolerance, mushy stools are constantly observed, feces have a gray color and a specific fetid odor.Cereals containing this protein make up an important part of the daily diet, so the disease progresses with severe clinical symptoms. Celiac patients experience severe bloating and rumbling in the intestines. The stool becomes foamy, abundant, contains particles of poorly digested food.

Endocrine disorders

Increased stool frequency and softening occurs with thyrotoxicosis, since an increase in the level of thyroid hormones accelerates intestinal peristalsis. A person complains of periodic painful cramps, rumbling in the abdomen.A pathognomonic sign is a normal or increased appetite, which is accompanied by a sharp weight loss. The formation of mushy stools is also caused by other endocrine causes: diabetes mellitus, Addison’s disease.

Complications of pharmacotherapy

The consistency of the stool always changes after the end of the course of antibiotic treatment. Antimicrobial drugs disrupt the normal microflora of the colon, provoking dysbiosis and bacterial overgrowth syndrome.An unformed mushy stool departs, acquiring a grayish-green tint due to putrefactive processes. The symptom develops with excessive consumption of lipid-lowering drugs, choleretic, laxatives.

Rare causes

• Iatrogenic conditions : complications after gastric resection, dumping syndrome.
• Hormonally active tumors : vipoma, gastrinoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma.
• Vascular diseases : ischemia of the small intestine, hemorrhagic vasculitis.
• Acute surgical diseases : appendicitis, mesenteric adenitis, colon diverticulitis.
• Malignant tumors .
• Intoxication of the body : uremia, liver failure, alcohol or drug poisoning.

Diagnostics

Patients with mushy stools are examined by a specialist gastroenterologist. First, the doctor takes a history, performs a physical exam, and checks for symptoms of peritoneal irritation to rule out a “sharp abdomen”.Then a complex of instrumental and laboratory studies of the digestive tract is assigned to clarify the cause of dyspeptic disorders. The most informative diagnostic methods:

• Sonography . During ultrasound of the intestine, the general anatomical features of the intestine are studied, dilated loops or thickening of the intestinal wall are revealed, which is a sign of specific inflammatory changes. A targeted ultrasound of the liver helps to identify structural heterogeneity, neoplasms or abscesses.
• Endoscopy . Informative colonoscopy with examination of the entire colon, which allows you to establish the common causes of mushy stools in older people – Crohn’s disease, diverticulosis, neoplasms. If gastritis or duodenitis is suspected, EGDS with biopsy is performed, a test for cell metaplasia by staining with methylene blue.
• Radiography . Double-contrast irrigoscopy effectively detects ulcerative and destructive disorders, intestinal anomalies or tumor formations.During the radiography of the passage of barium through the intestine, peristalsis is checked, motor dyskinesias are excluded, and inflammatory processes in the upper gastrointestinal tract are diagnosed.
• Coprogram . Pellet-like stools in an adult are visually assessed on the Bristol scale. Microscopic analysis is designed to determine signs of malabsorption, inflammation. Be sure to do an analysis for intestinal dysbiosis and sowing feces on nutrient media to confirm the infectious cause of defecation disorders.
• Blood tests . Liver tests and measurement of the concentration of bilirubin fractions are performed to exclude concomitant damage to the biliary tract. In case of liver diseases, the protein content in the blood is reduced. An immunological blood test is necessary to identify antibodies to pathogens of intestinal infections. The hormonal profile is definitely investigated.
• Additional methods . To confirm Helicobacter pylori, a fecal antigen is sought or a rapid urease test is performed.In case of doubtful hepatic tests, duodenal intubation with bacterial culture of the obtained bile, RCPH is done. To exclude the syndrome of abdominal ischemia, Doppler ultrasonography of the vessels of the abdominal cavity is recommended.

Treatment

Help before diagnosis

Gruel-like stools that are not associated with a single overeating or stressful factor is an indication for dieting. In the first 2-3 days, you need to unload the gastrointestinal tract as much as possible, for which it is recommended to take semi-liquid food, all products should be boiled.The diet includes dishes rich in pectin and potassium – baked apples, bananas, boiled turkey and chicken. Food is fractional, at least 4-6 times a day.

If mushy stools become even more liquid, it is important to provide an adequate water regime – for adults about 2-2.5 liters of fluid per day, so as not to provoke dehydration of the body. A combination of mushy bowel movements with intense abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting indicates a serious cause of bowel disorder.In such a situation, medical assistance is required.

Conservative therapy

During therapy, caffeinated drinks and products with artificial sweeteners are canceled, and the intake of medications that affect gastrointestinal motility is limited. Drugs for the treatment of mushy stools are selected based on the cause of the disease. Specific antidiarrheal agents are not indicated; pathogenetic and etiotropic therapy is used to eliminate symptoms. The treatment regimen includes:

• Enzymes .The funds are analogs of pancreatic enzymes, improve food digestion, normalize the volume and consistency of feces. They are indicated not only for pancreatitis, but also for gastritis, hepatitis, accompanied by malabsorption.
• Probiotics . The drugs are useful lactobacilli that colonize the large intestine, eliminate the manifestations of dysbiosis. Probiotics are taken for a long time, until the appearance of formalized feces and the disappearance of other dyspeptic symptoms.
• Antispasmodics . A mushy stool is often combined with pain in the abdominal cavity, which can be eliminated by medications with an antispasmodic mechanism of action. For severe pain, analgesics from the group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used.
• Antibiotics . Bacterial causes of loose stools require the use of local drugs that act mainly in the intestinal lumen (nitrofurans, some sulfonamides).With viral enteritis, etiotropic therapy is not carried out.
• Sedative phytopreparations . Herbal sedatives effectively relieve IBS symptoms, normalize mood and indirectly affect the digestive tract. With stress, therapy includes mild anxiolytics, antidepressants.
• Rehydration solutions . If you have frequent loose stools, it is important to provide adequate fluid replacement. In the absence of vomiting for drinking, oral saline solutions are given, which contain the optimal amount of electrolytes.

Surgical treatment

Segmental resection with the formation of a primary anastomosis is indicated for severe bowel disease due to Crohn’s disease or NUC. Acute surgical pathology of the abdominal organs requires urgent surgical intervention – appendectomy, sanitation and drainage of the peritoneal cavity, removal of the diverticulum. With hormonally active tumors, they are removed.

90,000 Clinical analysis of feces.Deciphering scatology of feces in children and adults

In the study of physical properties, the amount, consistency, shape, color and smell of feces are assessed, macroscopically visible impurities are examined.

The amount of feces excreted per day depends on the composition and amount of food taken the day before, and can fluctuate within significant limits.

With a normal diet, the daily amount of feces is 120-200 g. The amount of feces decreases with the predominance of animal proteins in the diet and increases with a plant diet.An increase in the daily amount of feces (polyfection) occurs when the functional state of the gastrointestinal tract is disturbed: malabsorption, bile secretion (achilia), damage to the pancreas, and enteritis. A decrease in the daily amount of feces develops with chronic constipation.

The consistency and shape of depends on the percentage of water. Normally, the feces are formalized, have a sausage-like shape, and contain 75–80% water. With an increase in the percentage of water due to increased intestinal motility (insufficient absorption of water), the abundant release of inflammatory exudate and mucus by the intestinal wall, the feces become unformed, mushy or liquid.With constant constipation due to excessive absorption of water, the feces become dense and may look like small balls – “sheep feces”. With stenosis or spastic narrowing of the lower part of the sigmoid or rectum, special forms of feces can be observed: “ribbon-like”, “pencil-shaped”.

The color of feces in a healthy person is due to the presence of stercobilin and mesobilifuscin, which are formed from bilirubin in bile under the influence of intestinal microflora and give it various shades of brown.

Odor is normally unpleasant, but not harsh and is mainly caused by skatole, indole and, to a lesser extent, phenol, ortho- and paracresols.These organic compounds of the aromatic series are formed during the breakdown of proteins. The smell increases with the predominance of protein-rich foods in the diet, with diarrhea, with putrid dyspepsia. The smell is weakened with a predominantly vegetable and dairy diet, with constipation, with fasting. With fermentative dyspepsia, feces acquire a sour odor. In the analysis, the smell of feces is indicated if it differs sharply from the usual.

Macroscopically visible impurities in feces can be represented by undigested food debris, mucus, blood, pus, calculi, parasites.Normally, undigested food residues in the feces are not macroscopically detected. Severe failure of gastric and pancreatic digestion is accompanied by the release of lumps of undigested food – lientorea. Excessive mucus is found macroscopically in the form of strands, flakes, dense formations and indicates inflammation of the intestinal mucosa. Stool calculi by origin can be biliary, pancreatic or intestinal (coprolites).

Gallstones are cholesterol, calcareous, bilirubin, mixed.They are found, as a rule, after an attack of hepatic colic.

Pancreatic stones are composed of lime carbonate or phosphate, have a small size and an uneven surface.

Coprolites are dark brown formations, they also consist of an organic core and layered mineral salts (phosphates), undigested food residues, poorly soluble drugs, etc.

Parasites can be detected with the naked eye in the form of whole individuals (roundworms, whipworms, pinworms), as well as their fragments: scolexes and segments (pork and bovine tapeworms, broad tapeworm).

Rabbit Stool Handbook | Rabbit at home

Does the rabbit poop with sticky poop? Does the rabbit have hair in the feces? Colored feces? Does the rabbit have brown urine? We have collected these and many other consistencies and colors of excrement of our pets for you in this section.

Not quite an appetizing topic :), but rabbit feces are one of the important indicators of your pet’s health. Very often, a change in the rabbit’s well-being is reflected precisely in the consistency of its excrement.

Straw peas

These peas are especially large, very light, individual hay fibers can be seen with the naked eye. Such feces are formed when the food contains many indigestible particles. Many rabbit owners enjoy these products, but such large peas indicate a scarcity and low nutritional value of food. Such a large number of indigestible particles in the stool deviates from the norm. Therefore, such feces are unnatural.

Grass peas

Grass peas – ideal rabbit feces.These peas are significantly smaller than straw peas. Sometimes they are even very small. They are always soft (unlike peas for constipation). However, they are always dark in color. Their shape can be round or resemble a drop.

Peas for constipation

Constipation results in peas that are extremely small, angular and very hard (like a stone). Very small peas are also formed with an improper diet that contains little moisture.

Pea chains

These beads are formed by molting.If one rabbit in a group molt, then all animals can be affected. The fur enters the rabbit’s stomach when it cleans itself or licks another rabbit that is moulting.

Pea chains are formed in the rectum, where feces are formed. If there is wool in the intestine that is not digested, the peas come out one after the other, tied together with a string of wool. As long as such beads leave the rabbit’s intestines, then everything is in order. If, during molting, there is no feces for a long time (about 8 hours), then the wool has clogged the intestines, which is very dangerous.In this case, you should immediately contact your veterinarian.

In the presence of chains of peas, it is necessary to closely monitor the rabbit, its appetite and stool. To prevent blockage with wool, you can give the animals freshly squeezed pineapple juice or kiwi juice (only not sweet varieties and very little, since citrus acid irritates the pharyngeal mucosa). Unfortunately, the effect of pineapple and kiwi has not yet been proven, but there is no refutation of this effect either.

Many rabbit owners still register positive effects.Paraffin oil and flax oil also help (in extreme cases, you can give up to 5 ml orally).

The absorption of indigestible fibers, for example from carpet or poorly chewed food, if the rabbit has dental problems, also leads to chains of peas.

Porridge peas

Porridge peas are a consequence of eating unusual food or improper feeding. This is a signal of impending diarrhea.

Diarrhea

If the back of the rabbit is heavily contaminated and you find watery feces (often light brown) in the rabbit’s room, this is a sure sign of diarrhea.The causes of diarrhea can be very diverse: dental diseases,

unhealthy diet, unusual food, infections, parasites, poisoning, organ diseases, etc. If you have diarrhea, you should immediately show the rabbit to the veterinarian. Without treatment or with the wrong treatment, the rabbit can die.

Clumpy grape-like peas (cecotrophs)

Cecotrophs are soft, unpleasant and intensely smelling, shiny, often sticky peas that rabbits usually eat very invisibly.Cecotrophs contain vitamins necessary for a rabbit. If the rabbit is not allowed to eat cecotrophs, he will suffer from vitamin deficiency. Cecotrophs are coated with mucin, which is why they are so shiny. Cecotrophs are very dark in color: black, dark brown or sometimes olive.

When defecating cecotroph, the back of the rabbit remains clean. Usually, animals eat it immediately at the exit from the anus. If the rabbit does not eat all the cecotrophs, then this indicates that the body is saturated with vitamins (with a diet rich in juicy, natural food) or that the nutritional value of the food is too high (grain, bread, feed mixtures forbidden to rabbits).

Peas with mucus

Such feces are evidence of (chronic) inflammation of the intestinal mucosa (causes: coccidia, intestinal obstruction, yeast, etc.). If a rabbit has feces with mucus, it is necessary to immediately show the animal to the veterinarian.

Worms (worms) in peas

If a rabbit has worms, they can usually be seen in his stool. Sometimes they are still alive. They often look like white threads or streaks. Worms must be removed by anthelmintics.

White peas, multicolored peas

Food colors the stool in different colors. So the feces of a rabbit can be multi-colored and even white.

Red or brownish-red urine

Different foods color the urine differently. Long-term oxidation of urine in the air also affects the color. Medications can also stain the urine red or brown.
As long as the urine is evenly colored, everything is in order. By the way, rabbits are not in heat.

Normal red urine with streaks / drops / spots

Red stains or drops in uniformly colored urine are blood! The rabbit must be shown to the veterinarian immediately.If blood is already visible in the urine, then it can be assumed that the rabbit has already lost a lot of blood.

Turbid or white urine

Normal normal rabbit urine may be cloudy rather than clear. Due to the special processing of calcium, rabbit physiology is characterized by crystalluria (the content of crystals and salts in the urine), which is absolutely normal in certain quantities.

Milky urine

Healthy rabbit urine is milky, not clear. When the urine dries up, a white sediment appears – this is absolutely normal.The physiological feature of metabolism in rabbits is crystalluria. This implies a special processing of calcium by the animal’s body, in which calcium is washed out of the body in the urine.

Clear, yellow urine

Clear, yellow urine indicates a lack of calcium. This may be due to either chronic renal failure or a diet low in calcium. Diabetes, as well as other diseases, can manifest with yellow urine, but in these cases it is not always clear.

Baby rabbits or female mothers can excrete clear urine during lactation (milk feeding), because calcium is completely consumed for skeletal development or milk formation. In these cases, the diet must be additionally enriched with calcium.

Sandy urine with thick mucus

Urolithiasis is not only a consequence of the animal’s predisposition to this disease, but can also be the cause of an increased calcium content in the body.This often happens if the rabbit is not getting enough moisture from food or drinking too little. Salt stones and crayons served in stores often lead to an oversaturation of the animal’s body with calcium (out of boredom, and not out of need, rabbits begin to intensively gnaw or lick these stones).

If sand comes out in urine, this is a good sign at first. Problems begin when sand remains in the bladder.

A visit to the vet is compulsory. An x-ray is needed to determine how much sand is in the bladder or ureters.

White, stringy discharge / mucus

If you find white mucus on the rabbit’s territory, it is most likely vaginal discharge. And this is always a signal of the disease. Going to the vet is inevitable.

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I want sweet – lack of magnesium.chromium picolinate
I want herring – lack of the right fats (herring and other sea fatty fish contain a lot of useful Omega 6).
I want bread – again there is not enough fat (the body knows that usually you smeared something on the bread – and it craves: put it on !!).
In the evening he wants to drink tea with biscuits-biscuits – in the afternoon they did not get the right carbohydrates (lack of B vitamins, etc.)
I want dried apricots – lack of vitamin A

Want bananas – lack of potassium.Or you drink a lot of coffee, hence the lack of potassium.
I want chocolate : Lack of magnesium. Contains in: Unroasted nuts and seeds, fruits, legumes and legumes.
I want bread : Lack of nitrogen. Found in: High protein foods (fish, meat, nuts, beans).
I want to gnaw ice : Lack of iron. Contained in: meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, herbs, cherries.
I want sweet : 1. Lack of chromium. Contained in: broccoli, grapes, cheese, chicken, veal liver
2.Lack of carbon. Found in fresh fruits. 3. Lack of phosphorus. Contained in: Chicken, Beef, Liver, Poultry, Fish, Eggs, Dairy Products, Nuts, Legumes and Legumes. 4. Lack of sulfur. Contained in: cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower), collard greens. 5. Lack of tryptophan (one of the essential amino acids). Contained in: Cheese, Liver, Lamb, Raisins, Sweet Potatoes, Spinach.
I want fatty foods : Lack of calcium.Contained in: broccoli, legumes and legumes, cheese, sesame seeds.
I would like to coffee or tea : 1. Lack of phosphorus. Contained in: Chicken, Beef, Liver, Poultry, Fish, Eggs, Dairy Products, Nuts, Legumes and Legumes. 2. Lack of sulfur. Contained in: cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower), collard greens. 3. Lack of sodium (salt). Contained in: Sea Salt, Apple Cider Vinegar (Season Salad with this). 4. Lack of iron. Contained in: red meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, green vegetables, cherries.
I want burnt food : Lack of carbon. Contained in: Fresh Fruits.
I want carbonated drinks: Lack of calcium. Contained in: broccoli, legumes and legumes, cheese, sesame seeds.
I want salty : Lack of chlorides. Contained in: unboiled goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt.
I would like to sour : Lack of magnesium. Contains in: Unroasted nuts and seeds, fruits, legumes and legumes.
I want liquid food : Lack of water.Drink 8-10 glasses of water a day, with the addition of lemon or lime juice.
Desires solid food : Lack of water. The body is so dehydrated that it has already lost the ability to feel thirst. Drink 8-10 glasses of water a day, with the addition of lemon or lime juice.
I want cold drinks: Lack of manganese. Contained in: Walnuts, Almonds, Pecans, Blueberries

Zhor on the eve of critical days :
Lack of: zinc.
Contains in: red meat (especially meat of internal organs), seafood, leafy vegetables, root vegetables.
Total invincible zhor attacked:
1. Lack of silicon.
Contained in: nuts, seeds; avoid refined starchy foods.
2. Lack of tryptophan (one of the essential amino acids).
Contains in: cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potatoes, spinach.
3. Lack of tyrosine (amino acid).
Found in: Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables.
The appetite is gone completely:
1.Lack of vitamin B1.
Contained in: nuts, seeds, legumes, liver and other internal organs of animals.
2. Lack of vitamin B2.
Contained in: tuna, halibut, beef, chicken, turkey, pork, seeds, legumes and legumes
3. Lack of manganese.
Contained in: walnuts, almonds, pecans, blueberries.
I want to smoke:
1. Lack of silicon.
Contained in: nuts, seeds; avoid refined starchy foods.
2.Lack of tyrosine (amino acid).
Found in: Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables.

I want something …
Peanuts, peanut butter.
The desire to gnaw peanuts, according to scientists, is primarily inherent in the inhabitants of megacities. If you have a passion for peanuts, as well as for legumes, then your body does not receive enough B vitamins.
Bananas.
If you lose your head from the smell of ripe bananas, then you need potassium.Banana lovers are usually found among those who take diuretics or cortisone drugs that “eat” potassium. A banana contains about 600 mg of potassium, which is a quarter of the daily requirement of an adult. However, these fruits are very high in calories. If you’re worried about gaining weight, replace bananas with tomatoes, white beans, or figs.
Bacon.
A passion for bacon and other smoked meats usually prevails among dieters. Restriction of fat-containing foods leads to a decrease in blood cholesterol levels, and smoked meats are just the product in which there are most saturated fats.If you do not want to negate the effect of the diet, resist the temptation.
Melon.
Melons are rich in potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, as well as vitamins A and C. People with a weak nervous and cardiovascular system have a special need for them. By the way, half of an average melon contains no more than 100 kcal, so extra pounds are not scary for you.
Sour fruits and berries.
Cravings for lemons, cranberries, etc. observed during colds, when a weakened body experiences an increased need for vitamin C and potassium salts.Draws on sour and those who have problems with the liver and gallbladder.
Paints, plaster, earth, chalk.
The desire to chew all of this usually occurs in babies, adolescents and pregnant women. It indicates a deficiency of calcium and vitamin D, which occurs during the period of intensive growth in children and the formation of the fetal skeletal system during pregnancy. Add dairy, eggs, butter, and fish to your diet for easy fixes.
Onions, garlic, spices and condiments.
An acute need for spices, as a rule, is experienced by people with respiratory problems. If a person is drawn to garlic and onions and he smears bread with mustard instead of jam, it is possible that he has some kind of respiratory disease on his nose. Apparently, in this way – with the help of phytoncides – the body is trying to protect itself from infection.
Milk and fermented milk products.
Lovers of fermented milk products, especially cottage cheese, are most often people in need of calcium. Sudden love for milk can also arise from a lack of essential amino acids – tryptophan, lysine and leucine.
Ice cream.
Ice cream, like other dairy products, is a good source of calcium. But people with impaired carbohydrate metabolism, hypoglycemia or diabetes mellitus have a special love for him. Psychologists see the love of ice cream as a manifestation of longing for childhood.
Seafood.
A constant craving for seafood, especially mussels and seaweed, is observed with iodine deficiency. such people need to buy iodized salt.
Olives and olives.
Love for olives and olives (as well as pickles and marinades) arises from the lack of sodium salts. In addition, addiction to salt occurs in people with thyroid dysfunction.
Cheese.
It is adored by those who need calcium and phosphorus. Try replacing cheese with broccoli – it contains much more of these substances, and there are almost no calories.
Butter.
Craving for it is observed among vegetarians, whose diet is low in fat, and among residents of the North, who do not have enough vitamin D.
Sunflower seeds.
The desire to gnaw seeds most often occurs in smokers who are in dire need of antioxidant vitamins, which are rich in sunflower seeds.
Chocolate.
Love for chocolate is a universal phenomenon. However, caffeine addicts and those whose brains especially need glucose love chocolate more than others.

SWEET. Perhaps you are worn out and have already gotten your nerves. Glucose is actively involved in the production of the stress hormone adrenaline.Therefore, with nervous and mental overstrain, sugar is consumed faster, and the body constantly requires more and more new portions.
In such a situation, it is not a sin to pamper yourself with sweets. But it is better not to gobble up pieces of rich cakes (they have a lot of heavy carbohydrates), but to limit yourself to chocolate or marshmallow.
SALT . If the beast pounces on pickled tomatoes and herring, if the food all the time seems un-salted, we can talk about an exacerbation of chronic inflammation or the appearance of a new focus of infection in the body.
Practice shows that most often these problems are associated with the genitourinary system – cystitis, prostatitis, inflammation of the appendages, etc.
ACID. This is often a signal of low stomach acidity. This happens with gastritis with insufficient secretory function, when little gastric juice is produced. You can check this with the help of gastroscope.
Also, food with a sour taste has cooling, astringent properties, helps to relieve colds and fever, and stimulates the appetite.
BITTER . Perhaps this is a signal of intoxication of the body after an untreated illness or slagging of the digestive system.
If you often want something with a bitter taste, it makes sense to arrange fasting days, to do cleansing procedures.
HIGHER . Does the dish seem insipid until you knock half a pepper pot into it, and your feet lead to a Mexican restaurant? This may mean that you have a “lazy” stomach, it digests food slowly, it needs an incentive to do this.And hot spices and spices just stimulate digestion.
Also, the need for spicy food can signal a violation of lipid metabolism and an increase in the amount of “bad” cholesterol. Spicy food thins the blood, promotes the elimination of fats, “cleans” the blood vessels. But at the same time it irritates the mucous membrane. So don’t lash out on chili and salsa on an empty stomach.
BINDER . If you suddenly unbearably wanted to send a handful of bird cherry berries into your mouth or you cannot calmly walk past the persimmon, your defenses weaken and urgently need recharge.
Products with an astringent taste promote skin cell division (help heal wounds), improve complexion. They help stop bleeding (for example, with fibroids), remove phlegm in case of broncho-pulmonary problems.
But astringent food thickens the blood – this can be dangerous for people with increased blood clotting and a tendency to thrombosis (with varicose veins, hypertension, some heart diseases).
FRESH . The need for such food often arises with gastritis or stomach ulcers with high acidity, constipation, as well as problems with the liver and gallbladder.
Unleavened food weakens, helps relieve spastic pains, soothes the stomach.

Chocolate-sweet passion
Most often caffeine addicts and those whose brain especially needs glucose suffer from “chocolate addiction”. This also applies to other sweets. If you eat an unbalanced diet, your body will also feel the need for glucose – as the fastest source of energy. Namely, chocolate does an excellent job with this task. But keep in mind that this product contains a lot of fat, the excess of which is dangerous for your blood vessels and figure.
*** Eat plenty of vegetables and cereals – they are rich in complex carbohydrates. And as a dessert, choose dried fruits or honey with a small amount of nuts.
Cheese passion
Spicy, salty, with and without spices … You cannot live a day without it, its taste drives you crazy – you are ready to absorb it in kilograms (in any case, you eat at least 100 g per day ). Nutritionists assure that cheese is adored by those who have an urgent need for calcium and phosphorus. Of course, cheese is the richest source of these very necessary and extremely useful substances for the body, but fats …
*** Try to replace cheese with broccoli – it contains a lot of calcium and phosphorus, but there are almost no calories.If your body accepts milk well, drink 1-2 glasses a day, and eat cheese little by little (no more than 50 g per day) and together with raw vegetables.
Sour-lemon passion
Perhaps difficult to digest foods predominate in your diet, and the body is trying to increase the acidity of gastric juice to facilitate its work. If you catch a cold, you too can be drawn to sour fruits and berries – an excellent source of vitamin C.
*** Choose meals with a moderate fat content and do not mix many foods in one sitting.Avoid foods that are fried, salty, or overly spicy, or overly cooked. If you notice problems with digestion (especially from the liver and gallbladder), be sure to be examined by a gastroenterologist.
Passion for smoked food
Passion for smoked meats and similar delicacies usually overcomes those who are on too strict a diet. Prolonged restriction of fat-containing foods in the diet leads to a decrease in the level of “good” cholesterol in the blood, and in smoked meats there is an abundance of saturated fats.
*** Do not get carried away with low-fat food – choose one that does contain a little fat. For example, buy yogurt, kefir or fermented baked milk of one or two percent fat. Eat at least a tablespoon of vegetable oil and a teaspoon of butter per day, even if you are on a strict diet. Scientists have empirically proven that those who consume enough fat lose weight faster.
Food passions and diseases
• Onions, garlic, spices and seasonings. An acute need for these foods and spices usually indicates respiratory problems.
• Olives and olives. Such an addiction is possible with a disorder of the thyroid gland.
• Ice cream. People with carbohydrate metabolism disorders, hypoglycemia, or diabetes mellitus are especially fond of him.
• Bananas. If you lose your head from the smell of ripe bananas, pay attention to the condition of your heart.
• Sunflower seeds. The desire to gnaw the seeds most often occurs in those who are in dire need of antioxidant vitamins. This means that your body has a lot of free radicals – the main provocateurs of premature aging.

1. I want milk, yoghurt, cottage cheese

In you are anxious, tense and dream of rest and relaxation. Milk contains an essential amino acid from which the neurohormone serotonin is produced. It makes us feel anxious, improves mood and sleep. Your muscles also require calcium in order to contract rhythmically and not suffer from overexcitation.

What to do?

K Every evening drink a glass of warm milk or have dinner with a portion of yogurt.Prepare homemade cottage cheese casserole.

2. I want raw smoked sausages

lacks cholesterol and fats for active brain function and maintaining normal hormonal levels. Smoked meats are high in saturated fatty acids and cholesterol. And spicy smoked meats stimulate sexual desire.

What to do?

B Treat yourself with smoked meats twice a week, but not more often, since they have carcinogenic properties.An excellent source of saturated fatty acids is butter (30 g per day). Craving for smoked food among dieters suggests that it is time to increase the amount of fat in the diet due to avocados, nuts and vegetable oil.

3. I want salty: olives, herring, pickled cucumbers

N and table salt pulls when metabolism accelerates, which happens with increased thyroid activity, or with intense physical work, or during pregnancy.Craving for salty indicates the body’s desire to conserve strength and at the same time accumulate more energy.

What to do?

E If you have a lot of pull, eat a whole herring or a can of sprat today. But tomorrow try to fill the deficit with mineral water (Essentuki No. 17 or No. 20, two glasses a day before breakfast or lunch), because a large amount of salt retains fluid in the body and increases blood pressure.

4. I want scrambled eggs or eggs in any form

In your immunity needs to be reinforced with high-quality proteins and ready-made vitamin A from egg yolk.

What to do?

H Cook yourself an omelet or omelet from three eggs four times a week.

5. Cheese craving

E If you are a woman, you are prone to premenstrual syndrome with edema, muscle cramps and bad mood. You are lacking milk fat combined with phosphorus.

What to do?

P It is most common to eat 100 g of hard cheese every day.But given its high calorie content, try limiting yourself to 30 grams of cheese, 200 grams of Brussels sprouts, and 100 grams of spinach.

6. I want sour: lemon, cranberries, sauerkraut

In you are in a pre-depressive state or just work a lot and need a lot of energy. Perhaps you have a slightly reduced gastric acidity. Sour vegetables and fruits contain a lot of vitamin C.

What to do?

H Start breakfast with a large orange.Every day include sweet bell peppers and lemons on the menu.

7. Want mussels, oysters, squid, shrimp

am most likely lacking iodine.

What to do?

P Of course, it is most convenient to eat 150 g of mussels or 250 g of crab salad daily. But it is much cheaper to constantly use iodized salt and prepare seaweed salads.

8. I want garlic, onion, mustard, hot red pepper

You are about to develop a cold in .You are overwhelmed by germs and viruses, and your immune system requires phytoncides (natural disinfectants).

What to do?

P Chew a clove of garlic and it will destroy the germs in your mouth. Also, add fresh onions, garlic, and other hot spices wherever possible.

9. I want fermented milk: kefir, yogurt, buttermilk

In , problems with the intestines are threatened, and the beneficial microbes living there call on the lactic acid bacteria to help.

What to do?

P to recoup kefir, sour cream and yoghurts with supplements that restore normal intestinal microflora.

10. I want coffee

You have low blood pressure and very active mental activity in . You need an additional source of energy.

What to do?

P Drink as much coffee as you like. The body will report an overdose with an accelerated heartbeat, and tomorrow you will drink less coffee.Try to sleep for eight hours or more to keep your blood vessels toned and your blood pressure normal.

11. I want chocolate

In you crave to love and to experience reciprocal feelings. You lack physical affection, warmth, a sense of the joy of life. Chocolate contains stimulating substances that can induce positive emotions.

What to do?

N Do not deny yourself the pleasure, remembering that there are a lot of calories in chocolate.

12. I want seeds

F The desire to gnaw seeds indicates a deficiency of vitamin E, which is expressed in dry skin.

What to do?

G Prepare salads with unrefined vegetable oil, where the concentration of vitamin E is much higher.

13. I want ice cream

P The love of ice cream indicates an attempt to return to childhood.

What to do?

Time cannot be reversed in , so you have to solve problems in the present.Lean on whole grain bread to relieve blood glucose fluctuations and calm your nerves.

14. I would like a sandwich with butter, a cake with cream, butter cookies

E If you do not adhere to a vegetarian lifestyle (and in this case, your body clearly yearns for saturated fat), then such a desire indicates a vitamin deficiency D, necessary to strengthen the immune system.

What to do?

P to recoup natural butter for sandwiches.Drink tea or coffee with high-quality butter cookies (2-3 pieces per day). You can afford fatty cakes a couple of times a month. But don’t fool your body and make sure that cakes and cookies contain butter, not substitutes.

If you sometimes have a desire to eat a certain product, then you should listen to your body, sometimes in this way your body signals a lack of certain substances in the body or some internal malfunction.

Listen to your body and find out what it lacks.

If you want to eat watermelon – it can be caused by diseases of the kidneys and bladder. The pulp of watermelon has a diuretic effect and does not allow the body to lose the potassium it needs.

If you want to eat cabbage – this may indicate problems with the gastrointestinal tract. The fiber contained in cabbage increases intestinal tone, tartronic acid helps to digest food, vitamin U helps to heal ulcers.

I want lemon – possible problems with the gallbladder and liver. Lemon stimulates the production of digestive juices, while vitamin C reduces inflammation and kills bacteria.

Why you want chocolate – your body asks for magnesium, and it is found in fresh nuts, beans and fruits, I want to eat chocolate, if you get tired quickly, you are depressed. Chocolate contains flavonoids that improve mood, cocoa helps to produce the hormone of joy serotonin.

If you want to eat olives , olives, tuna – this may indicate deficiencies in the thyroid gland. Olives, olives contain a lot of iodine, and tuna contains tyrosine amino acids. With a lack of these substances, the thyroid gland cannot fully produce hormones.

If you want ice cream or when you want cottage cheese the body signals a problem with the musculoskeletal system: osteochondrosis, arthrosis, arthritis.The body needs calcium.

If you want carrots – possible problems with the skin, mucous membranes, as well as decreased vision, weakness. Carrots contain a lot of vitamin A, which is beneficial for the skin and organs of vision.

Why you want to eat meat . The protein and iron contained in meat are essential for building immune cells and maintaining energy in the body. I constantly want to eat meat with a lack of energy and a decrease in immunity.

If you want oatmeal – problems with the gastrointestinal tract: exacerbation of gastritis, colitis, pancreatitis, gastric ulcer.Oatmeal envelops the walls of the stomach, protecting it, and fiber improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.

If wants fish – nervous and mental fatigue. Fish contains a lot of phosphorus and iron, they improve the functioning of the nervous system, and help the brain work efficiently.

When wants cheese – at low pressure (hypotension). The sodium salts and fats in salted, fatty cheese raise blood pressure.

If you want persimmons – vegetative-vascular problems, lack of energy, and dysbiosis are possible.Persimmon contains a lot of glucose, useful vitamins and minerals, toning, strengthening blood vessels, pectin and fiber normalize the stomach.

I want to eat apples, I want melon with high cholesterol levels in the blood, problems with the heart and blood vessels. These fruits contain a lot of pectin, fiber, which bind and remove bad cholesterol from the body, reduce the risk of thrombus formation, have a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system, reducing the risk of stroke.

Even loss of appetite signals a lack of vitamins B1 and B3, manganese and chlorine, and vice versa, overeating indicates a lack of silicon, tryptophan and tyrosine.

If your appetite rises before and during your period, then you are short of zinc.

If there is an unexpected craving for tobacco, it indicates a lack of silicon and tyrosine.

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90,000 Red feces after beets – is it worth worrying

Many people have red feces after beets.Very often this manifestation is alarming. After all, it resembles the flow of blood from the intestines. In what cases is this color of feces the norm, and in what cases is it a pathology? We will consider these issues further.

Vegetable composition

Consider the chemical composition of beets. This vegetable contains many beneficial substances. It is rich in vitamins A and C and trace elements (iron, zinc, potassium, manganese), as well as fiber. These compounds activate the intestines, remove toxins from the body, and strengthen blood vessels.

Beetroot contains a coloring agent – betanin. It is this that gives the vegetable a rich dark red color. In addition, betanin is a good agent for the prevention of malignant tumors. However, this substance can darken human feces.

Often patients ask: “Is red feces after beets normal or not?” The answer to this question will depend on how long the paint lasts. In this case, it is also necessary to take into account the accompanying symptoms.

Stool coloration

Red stool after eating beetroot is associated with the action of the pigment betanin. This substance is not always completely destroyed by gastric juice. For example, with low acidity in humans, it is excreted from the body through the kidneys and intestines almost unchanged. Therefore, if this color of feces does not last long, and the person feels normal, then this should not cause concern. When the vegetable is completely out of the body, the color of the feces will return to normal.

Raw beet recipes are considered the healthiest. But it is these dishes (for example, salads) that most often cause discoloration of the stool. However, red feces after beets can also appear as a result of eating borscht or vinaigrette. When a vegetable is boiled, the pigment is only partially destroyed and is able to stain human secretions.

However, red beets are not the only ones that can affect the color of faeces. Betanine is used in many other products as E-162 (beetroot red) color.In this form, it can also affect the color of the stool. Nutritionists do not recommend eating foods with this supplement, as it may contain harmful nitrates and other synthetic substances.

Laxative effect

Often, after eating beetroot, red, liquid stools may appear. Such a manifestation usually scares a person, because it is very similar to diarrhea with blood, which can be a sign of dangerous diseases.

However, don’t worry ahead of time.It must be remembered that this vegetable has laxative properties. It is also related to the chemical composition of the beets. The product is rich in fiber, which activates the intestines and enhances peristalsis. Therefore, moderately frequent bowel movements are natural. If, at the same time, a person does not feel worse, there is no abdominal pain and nausea, then an increase in the frequency of defecation can be considered the norm.

For this reason, doctors do not recommend using this vegetable if you have a tendency to diarrhea. But it can be very helpful if you have difficulty having a bowel movement.Experts recommend a recipe from beets with sunflower oil as a folk remedy for constipation.

However, even people who do not suffer from diarrhea should observe moderation in the use of this vegetable. Eating large quantities of beetroot foods can lead to intestinal upset.

Color of urine

Should urine be colored after eating beets? As we have already mentioned, betanin is not always completely processed in the stomach and can be excreted through the excretory organs.This leads to a change in the color of urine. Its color can range from pinkish to bright red.

Many people know about the beneficial properties of red beet juice. It is recommended to drink it for anemia, thyroid diseases and atherosclerosis. However, this drink strongly stains the urine. Experts do not recommend using this product in its pure form. This drink must be diluted with water.

It should be remembered that in preparation for some urine tests, beets must be excluded from the diet a few days before the sample is taken.Otherwise, you may get false test results.

How long does the color last

After eating beets, red urine can be observed for 2 days. The color of the stool also lasts about the same. During this time, betanin is removed from the body.

If, after beets, red feces and urine persist for a longer period, then most likely this manifestation is not associated with food. If, at the same time, a person’s state of health worsens, then this should serve as a reason for contacting a doctor.

Why the color of urine and feces does not change for everyone

It can be seen that after beets, red feces and a change in the color of urine are not observed in everyone. Does the color of the stool indicate any abnormalities in the body? This symptom only indicates that the human body poorly processes the betanin pigment. Such a manifestation can be observed under the following conditions:

• low acidity of gastric juice;
• high acidity of urine;
• violation of intestinal microflora;
• hereditary metabolic characteristics.

Such conditions are not considered serious pathologies and do not require special treatment. If a person very often changes the color of urine and feces after consuming coloring products, then probiotics should be taken and your diet changed.

Different circumstances can affect the discoloration of stool. For example, if a person, together with beets, consumed other products with pigments (carrots, fruits and red berries), then this leads to a more intense color of the discharge.

The amount of liquid you drink also plays an important role. Experts recommend drinking plenty of water when eating beetroot dishes. This will help reduce the concentration of betanin and remove the pigment from the body faster.

Alarming symptoms

The staining of feces and urine is not always associated with the fact that a person has recently consumed beetroot dishes. In some cases, eating this vegetable can mask the symptoms of serious medical conditions. A person often writes off the red color of feces and urine for the use of products with pigments.But in fact, this is a sign of pathology. In what cases is it necessary to sound the alarm?

When urine is stained, the following symptoms should be alarming:

• preservation of the reddish color of urine more than 48 hours after eating a vegetable;
• the presence of impurities in the urine;
• unpleasant odor of urine;
• pain in the lumbar region;
• temperature rise;
• chills;
• Discomfort when urinating.

Such manifestations cannot be associated with the consumption of beets. These are signs of diseases of the excretory organs.

When a person’s stool changes color, first of all, pain and discomfort in the abdomen should be alarming. This is often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Vegetable pigments cannot cause these symptoms. Most likely, these are signs of gastrointestinal pathology.

If the stool becomes black in color, and at the same time the person experiences weakness, shortness of breath and dizziness, then this is a sign of bleeding from the stomach or intestines.In this case, the patient needs emergency help.

If a person consumes an excessive amount of beets, then he may have loose and frequent stools. Feces become reddish in color. However, this phenomenon is sometimes very difficult to distinguish from diarrhea with blood in intestinal infections. Here you need to focus on your well-being. If loose stools mixed with blood are accompanied by abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, then this is not due to the use of beets, but to an infectious pathology of the gastrointestinal tract.

Suspected diseases

If the stool turns reddish or dark, not due to vegetable pigments, it is usually due to bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract. If pathology occurs in the colon or rectum, then the feces become red. If bleeding occurs in the upper intestines or stomach, then the stool is black.

Bleeding can be observed with the following diseases of the gastrointestinal tract:

• ulcerative processes;
• colitis; 90 011
• tumors;
• varicose veins;
• hemorrhoids;
• fissures of the rectum;
• infectious pathologies (dysentery, amebiasis).

The appearance of blood in the urine is also an alarming symptom. It can be a manifestation of the following pathologies:

• urolithiasis;
• pyelonephritis;
• glomerulonephritis;
• kidney injury;
• poisoning with salts of heavy metals.

Such diseases require immediate treatment. Therefore, it is far from always necessary to associate the color of urine and feces only with the use of pigmented vegetables and berries.

Tests

If you have doubts about the change in the color of the discharge, then you need to see a doctor and undergo a series of tests.Stool examination will help to identify the presence of blood. You just need to remember that a few days before the analysis, you need to exclude coloring products from the diet.

If the color of urine lasts more than 2 days after eating beets, then you need to pass a general clinical analysis of urine. If necessary, the doctor will refer you to the Nechiporenko test.