Mucus in Baby’s Stool
Many babies have more than one stool every day. Your baby can have as many as 5 or 10 stools in a day after one week of birth. Your baby…
IBS Pain
What is IBS? IBS or irritable bowel syndrome is a very common functional gut disorder. This means, in this syndrome, there exist no structural abnormality. So, only the gut malfunctions…
Orange Colored Stool
The color, shape, and texture of your stool can tell a lot about what is going on inside your body. It is therefore advisable that you take a moment to…
Hard Stool
Hard stool is usually a sign of constipation. The presence of stool in the gastrointestinal tract for over 48 hours results in reabsorption of the fluid by the body, thereby…
Loose Stool
Normal stool is soft, firm, and brownish in color with a peanut butter like consistency that prevents any strain or pressure during bowel movements. Any change in this texture, color,…
Black Specks in Stool
There may be a lot of information about your health gathered from just taking a look on your stool. The color, consistency, texture, form, and general appearance of stool can…
White specks in stool
White specks in stool may occur due to mild causes or severe underlying condition. White discoloration of stool which occurs just one time can be ignored. However, if it occurs…
Sticky Poop – What does it mean?
Knowing and understanding the characteristics of fecal features explains a lot about overall health, functioning of gastrointestinal tract, as well as severe diseases that could be occurring, for instance; intestinal…
Nausea after Bowel Movement
A bowel movement is what is past as waste from your body. The anus is the passageway through which this waste passes. Another name for stool is feaces and it…
How to Soften Stool?
It is vital to understand how the human digestive system works. Firstly, most of the nutrients from the food that are consumed are absorbed by the small intestine. Next, the…