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Bulky stool
Bulky stool is a symptom in which a person has a large amount of stool each time he has a bowel movement (poops). Bulky stool can be due to constipation (a lot of poop builds up before it comes out), malabsorption (food that is not absorbed is not fully digested can come out as large, bulky, bad-smelling poop), etc...
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A 34-year old asked:
How do I prevent bulky stool?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Does floating stool caused by fat malabsorption have an obvious bad smell?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I recently found blood in my stool about 2 tbs worth. It was bright red & slightly thick. I am 19 yrs & female with no other symptoms.?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can too much fat in the diet cause stringy stool?
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A 46-year old asked:
What causes the presence of fat in a child's stool?
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A 38-year old female asked:
My stool is always thick heavy pasty but soft but it's still hard to pass. What can I do to get my stool to become more light and loose?
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A 51-year old male asked:
Dear Doctors has anyone heard of 'skin' in stools. The pieces were about 4 inches long by 1inch. About 1/8 of an inch thick, clear in color?
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A 22-year old female asked:
For the past 3 days i have had an UTI, and am trying to kick it. Today I had white thick stringy stuff in my stool. Any clue what that could be??
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A 31-year old asked:
Low fat diet changed stool color, is it normal?
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A 45-year old asked:
How to tell difference between mucus or fat or worms in poo stool?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I am 26 and,I have alot of pain in my upper abdomin,lots of gas,some blood and tons of thick mucus in my stools,im very tired and weak ,help anyone?
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A 20-year old female asked:
My boyfriend ejaculated in me, but it never came out. A day later I pooped, now I have thick clearish white goo in my stools. What's wrong with me!?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Anal fissure has gotten worse. A LOT of mucus, thick and white. Also, stools have have loads of blood, not a smear, like a teaspoon?? what's happening
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A 24-year old male asked:
Wats it mean if stool test showed inflammation? Could that be why I have soft loose mushy stool. Sometimes thick chunky watery stool? Wat can cause it
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A 23-year old male asked:
Every time my stool is thick I feel my anal fissure tear again,it hurts for a few days then goes away after the defication is smoother,surgery needed?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Told:fat malabsorption Only one stool sample and dr told me to eat hi fat. had wendys twice that day before sample stools were hard/const. is he right?
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A female asked:
Is it normal to still have fatty stools after a gallbladder removal? I am having stools that appear like i am not digesting fat. i s that normal 3 years after i have had my gallbladder removed?
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A 35-year old male asked:
I'm currently doing a 72 hr stool collection to test for fecal fat. Why is my stool steaming in the container?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Would floating stool caused by fat sink after a few minutes? worried its fat not gas. had stool tests including fecal fat test but not 72hr one normal
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A 28-year old male asked:
Why did I bleed when I poop? It hurts when I first took the initial poop and I started to bleed bright red. I don't think i see blood stools in the poop and it was difficult to tell. After I finished and wipe the blood was thick and sort of dark.
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A 26-year old female asked:
Can GastroParesis cause severe constipation and many undigested food in stool including fat?
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A member asked:
Green stool (thick pudding w black specs) in 18 mos toddler days after switching from cow's milk to soy milk?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I have loose stool with a look like fat ,mucus in it .Could it be puss coming out with poop? What makes this happen?it's the first time i'm seeing it
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A 26-year old female asked:
Hungry' pain upper mid abdo at night, gas,stinging pain upper right abdo, thumb thick stool, occ nausea, less apetite, undigested food. What's wrong?
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A 43-year old female asked:
What could be the cause of very hard, stone-like stool covered with yellowish, thick mucus? Also have daily vomiting, nightly fever, LQ bloating.
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A 34-year old male asked:
Will I benefit from stool studies at age 35 when I alway have bulky fatty greasy floaty smelly stools light brown not light grey or yellow.or just ibs?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Thin stools, long and thin, sometimes thick and thin at the same time. no blood in stool, sometimes bright red on paper. soft but strain...
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A 37-year old asked:
How is it possible that i go from normal, bulky bms while on miralax (polyethylene glycol) to loose stool and pebbles a few days later?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Ibs/what?stool 1-3 times pd. Short pieces oft thumb thick,occ thicker.gas,gurgling.Doc says to young for cancer?stinging upper right on+off daily.no cramps.eat healthy,lots veg,no junk/soda/alchohol
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A 26-year old female asked:
Organ Scleroderma? Socalled fat malabsorptionafter 1 stool sample lost 16lbs have POTS .ANA 1:80 speckeled esr 29 was healthy before death of baby EGDgastritis Colonoscopy norm CT/ABD-norm no familyhx
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