What type of POO are YOU?
Ken Critcher
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Do you take the time to just turn around and look in the pan when you’ve had a poo?
Our poo can tell us so much and there are four things you should notice:
Type - shape and size
Colour
Smell
Is there any blood
With so many areas to cover today I’ll just be looking at Type - shape and size.
With many things there is a scale to measure your poo, it’s called the Bristol Stool chart.??This tells you how long your stool has stayed in your bowel before being released.
Type 1 - separate hard lumps, like nuts which are hard to pass.
They’ve spent a long time in your bowel and are tough to pass. If your stool looks like this, you’re probably constipated.
Type 2 - sausage shaped but lumpy
This stool also can be a sign that you’re constipated. Try to get more fiber in your diet and drink more water to move things along.
Type 3 - sausage shaped but with cracks in surface
Doctors think of this kind of poop as normal, because it’s soft and easy to pass. If things are going as they should, it shouldn’t take longer than a minute on the toilet to push out a poop.
Type 4 - sausage or snake like, smooth and soft
Doctors think of this as poop you want to have. Everyone’s bathroom habits are different, but ideally you should have one of these every 1 to 3 days.
Type 5 - soft blobs with clear cut edges - easy to pass
These are easy to pass, but you may feel a sense of urgency about getting to the bathroom. That can be a sign of mild diarrhoea. Most of the time, it goes away on its own in a couple of days.
Type 6 - fluffy pieces with ragged edges - mushy
If you have these more than three times a day, you have diarrhea. Make sure to drink plenty of fluids. Water is good, but you also need to replace the minerals you’re losing (called?electrolytes).?
Type 7 - watery, no solid pieces (entirely liquid)
This stool moved through your bowel very quickly. See your doctor if you have more than three of these a day for longer than 2 days. You should check with your doctor if you also have other signs of dehydration (dry mouth, sleepiness, headache, or dizziness),?severe pain in your tummy or rear end, or a fever of 102 degrees or higher.
If after checking your poo you have any concerns then consult your doctor.??Where possible your poo should be around the 3-4 mark.??Low constipated to high diarrhoea.