Re: Does anyone know what a normal stool looks like???

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In a message dated 7/19/02 5:22:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

mtharret@... writes:

> We are

> treating her for yeast, and now her stools are soft. Lately they've

> gone yellow!

>

Sue --

Whenever I would give my son lots of probiotics for yeast, his stools would

go yellow

and smell very acidy. I always attributed it to the acidophilous.

Celia

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--Sue,

My sons bowel movements used to be similar to what you describe for

your son. When we treated yeast they got " feathery " and sometimes

narrow and sometimes like raindrops. I think this is yeast. The narrow

bowel movements I read are bowel inflamation and I guess this makes

sense because if the lining of the bowel were inflamed they would be

narrower. After treating yeast heavily the featheryness went away but

they were still on the light yellowish to orange side and soft. I

feel they are too soft if you need major cleanup when they are potty

trained. When we got yeast under controll and added no-fenol we

finally achieved what I consider " normal " bowel movements, darker than

orange, formed well, don't explode when you hit the flusher and do not

leave much clean up afterwards. (yeahaa!) I do however have to say

that I sometimes check the look of my own to try and get a perspective

LOL! and one day I was helping my best friends 3 year old on the potty

and found myself comparing her bm to my sons to see how different they

were. Between checking bowel movements and to see if he has a red anus

(yeast sign) I hope my son doesn't end up pre-occupied with it all

later in life, we joke that maybe someday he will be a proctologist or

a GI specialist! Good luck and I hope this helped.

Patti

I- In @ .., " masktharrett " <mtharret@r...> wrote:

> I think that both my kids have stool problems. My son's have always

> been soft to diarrhea. The diarrhea is now pretty much gone, and he

> is potty trained, so its a little harder to monitor, but they are

> still pretty soft. Also sometimes very thin, sometimes " feathery "

> looking (edges very soft), sometimes " broken up " . But sometimes they

> seem pretty firm.

>

> My daughter, n/t, used to be on the constipated side. We are

> treating her for yeast, and now her stools are soft. Lately they've

> gone yellow!

>

> I am not sure I have any idea what I'm looking for in terms

> of " normal " anymore - no idea if I'm even OK. After all these months

> of watching every day, I'm losing perspective! Help!

>

> -- Sue

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I had to chuckle when you wrote:

Between checking bowel movements and to see if he has a red anus

> (yeast sign) I hope my son doesn't end up pre-occupied with it all

> later in life, we joke that maybe someday he will be a proctologist

or a GI specialist!

-- About a month ago, my son had a yeast flare up, and so I was

checking him after everything he ate to see what was aggravating the

red ring around the anus, and finally he said " oh nooo, here we go

again, Mom is hypnotized by my bottom " !

:-) Our poor kids!

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In a message dated 7/20/02 1:53:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

laurieling@... writes:

> Why are there shelves and shelves of bathroom air-fresheners?

> I think poop stinks--that's a fact of life.

Laurie --

When my son followed an Ayurvedic (vegetarian diet, based on the dosha, or

constitution of the person), we had to check to make sure that he had pooped,

because there was virtually no smell!

I think meat eaters with poor digestion have the most " aromatic " poops. I

will say

that the enzymes (especially the No-Fenol) have made things alot more

pleasant

around our house!

Celia

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> I am not sure I have any idea what I'm looking for in terms

> of " normal " anymore - no idea if I'm even OK. After all these

months

> of watching every day, I'm losing perspective! Help!

Normal for *most* people is relatively small, firm but not hard,

medium-brown, and no smell. Feathery/fluffy/stringy for my kids is

yeast. Acid smell and/or watery for my kids is bacteria. When I

added gluten back into their diets, the color darkened.

Dana

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>

>

> Normal for *most* people is relatively small, firm but not hard,

> medium-brown, and no smell.

No smell? Are you sure? I guess NO one I know has normal stools

then. Why are there shelves and shelves of bathroom air-fresheners?

I think poop stinks--that's a fact of life. I know though, that

there is a difference in the quality of that stink. Before enzymes

(and especially before No-Fenol), you couldn't go near the bathroom

for a while when my son was done. In fact, I dreaded if we had

guests in the house when he had to go because it was so

overwhelming. The whole upstairs stank. Now, he doesn't smell like

roses, but when he's done cleaning up and flushes, the smell doesn't

linger and it pretty much seems to be contained to the bathroom.

Just my 2 cents.

Laurie

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LOL, I can see it now.....www.poopmatters.com

Liane Gentry Skye

<A HREF= " http://talkingwithpictures.com/ " >Talking With Pictures</A>

" nonverbal " does not have to mean " unable to communicate "

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Maybe some brave and enterprising person could

collect poop pics and put up a sort of reference chart

for poo.

The only poo i have ever seen is my own and my

children's and until recently, I avoided them as much

as possible so I have no idea what normal is.

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> >

> >

> > Normal for *most* people is relatively small, firm but not hard,

> > medium-brown, and no smell.

>

> No smell? Are you sure?

It is a description I read once, and I believe it. I never know my

kids have pooped except when they come up and tell me [or I check the

ones with diapers who " forget " to tell me]. The only times I can

smell it, are when they are on-round with ALA, or if they ate a " bad

food " without enzymes.

I guess NO one I know has normal stools

> then. Why are there shelves and shelves of bathroom air-fresheners?

Because people nowadays are exposed to all sorts of environmental

metals and toxins, and/or eat foods high in artificial ingredients.

> I think poop stinks--that's a fact of life.

It is nowadays, yes.

Dana

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> Maybe some brave and enterprising person could

> collect poop pics and put up a sort of reference chart

> for poo.

recently compiled a file on descriptions [no photos!], you can

read it in the files section, or copy/paste this link into your

browser

/files/Related%20Topics%

20and%20Supplements/Studying%20Stools

Dana