Bristol Stool Chart/Scale

This month, i am learning internal diseases regarding digestive system.

This is a scale for evaluating the stool. Which one suits you?


source: www.thewvsr.com/bristolstoolchart.htm

Preferably stool is type 3 and 4.

COLOUR
Besides this, the colour plays an important role in evaluating stool too.

1. if the faeces is as black as tar, it's called melena. It means there're at least 2 glasses of bleeding in the stomach.

2. If faeces is rather pale (not brownish....), sometimes, it may be due to liver problems/ gall bladder disorders.

3. Faeces with fresh blood, might be just because of constipation that cause frictional injury near perianal (around the butt hole) , or probably due to hemorrhoid.

FREQUENCY (of defecating)
Normal value: not more than 3 times per day; not less than 3 times per week.

And one more interesting fact: 10% of the weight of the stool is microorganism/ normal flora from your guts!!!!!! in other words, 1 kg of stool means it contains 100g of microorganism :S

So, stay healthy, drink more water, eat more fruits!

Have a pleasant toilet experience!
(yes, it's something we should appreciate...I'm sure most of us have experienced diarrhoea, or constipation, etc...These problems really cause pain in the butt, esp. when someone is working/travelling/at school....)