5.40pm
Friday 16 December 2022
I wrote – Shaima Morsi
Your stool is made up of 75% water and 25% food or indigestible fibers, dead bacteria and other waste products, so determining its consistency, color and odor is a strong indicator of bowel health digestive system and also detects many health problems.
We should be alert to any changes in the regularity of our bowels in terms of texture, color and smell, and consult a doctor if any changes occur.
This helps in the early diagnosis of various health problems, according to the “express” newspaper.
Color and texture:
The color of your stool depends, of course, on what you eat: various foods such as beets and vegetables with green or red fibers can retain their color and be visible in the stool.
So, if it is very pale in color and smells bad, this could indicate that the body is not properly digesting and absorbing fats from food, due to conditions such as celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), or pancreatic disorders. and it occurs when the immune system attacks your tissues when you eat gluten.
This damages your intestines so that you are unable to absorb nutrients.
Irritable bowel syndrome also affects the digestive system.
Symptoms include colic, bloating, diarrhea and constipation.
Presence of blood in the stool:
If your stool is red in color or if it contains visible blood, seek immediate medical attention without delay.
This is usually caused by hemorrhoids or a tear in anal tissue, possibly from stress. However, blood can be a sign of bowel cancer and should not be ignored.
But if the stool is black in color, this could be an indication of bleeding further up in the intestines, and very pale stools can indicate a bile duct blockage.
Odor:
Foul smelling stools are a sign of other health problems. An imbalance of gut bacteria, known as dysbiosis, can lead to increased methane production in the gut, which can be detected as bad odor or stool.
Some food intolerances, such as lactose intolerance, certain intestinal infections, or inflammatory bowel disease, can cause very foul-smelling stools.
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