Ali/ Question re poop

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Hi Ali,

At the DD Nurses Conference this week one of the topics was Constipation in

Persons with I/DD: A Problem with Consistency, Frequency, or Both. A chart

that was available was the Bristol Stool Form Scale. I checked online and

find most of the information at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale . Mayo Clinic has a chart

re the color of stools at

http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/stool-color/AN00772/METHOD=print you can

find more links by putting in color of stools in your search engine. Mucus

in stools is explained on another Mayo Clinic link

http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/mucus-in-stool/AN01296/METHOD=print . If

you want a more intense color of the stools on the Bristol Stool Scale go to

http://www.ghchealth.com/bristol-stool-scale.html it also explains about the

odor and mucus.

Hope this helps.

Louise Mom to 46, DS, Deaf, ASD

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poop

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Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:29 am (PDT)

Thanks for the suggestions. I was just a little concerned about the black

stringy mucus. She doesn't have a fever. She does have stomach cramps which

she has had for a few days now - since increasing her dose of valproic acid.

I will keep an eye on her and see how the weekend goes.

Thanks again.

Ali

Sara Cohen < <mailto:pastmidvale%40gmail.com> pastmidvale@...> wrote:

Ok. I will take a shot at it. IF I recall, your daughter is tube fed -

thus diet is easy to control. IF she is not haveing diarrhea - more coming

out than going in, and no fever, I would try diet and think impaction.

First: Could she be impacted or constipated? Overflow would look like

occasional loose stool. Could be foul smelling due to time to build

bacteria. Also foul smelling stool could be infection, BUT if there is no

other sign of illness - irritability, fever, stomach cramps, I would try a

day of diet.

Rice water, rice, mashed potatoes, clear liquid (anything one can see thru

at rooom temperature, bananas.

IF that doesn't clear things up THEN I would discuss it with her primary

healthcare provider.

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Van Straaten <

<mailto:ali_van_straaten%40yahoo.ca> ali_van_straaten@...> wrote:

> Hi Sara (and everyone else)

>

> If I remember correctly you are a nurse ... so I have a question which I'm

> not sure if you can answer. I'm not sue if I should be concerned but the

> last 2 days Amy's poop has had black stringy mucus-like stuff in it.

> Yesterday after her nap was the first time I noticed it. Then yesterday,

> everytime she passed gas she would have some poop in her diaper. It wasn't

> always a lot or watery but enough that I had to change her. Today she has

> just had the greeny/yellow poop with black stringy mucus in it and it

smells

> horrible (not that poop normally smells good). I'm just not sure how

> concerned I should be about this as I usually tend to either overreact and

> then it is nothing or underreact and then it turns out to be something

> major. I can't seem to get it in the middle!

>

> Thanks for any help you can provide.

>

> Ali