Bowel movements can speak volumes about your overall health. Read about the following types and compare them to your own movements to see what they indicate about your own health.
1. The movements appear to be separate, hard lumps. They have the appearance of small nuts or animal droppings. Such abnormally had bowel movements suggest constipation, and result from a slow bowel transit time. This also indicates that your risk of developing piles and other bowel diseases.
2. Sausage shaped, but lumpy. Much the same as type 1, this will indicate constipation and other bowel problems. The solution to both of these could be to increase the amount of fibre in your diet
3. Sausage shaped, very smooth and soft. This is ideal, and indicates good health. Ideally you should be having this type of movement about once or twice per day.
4. Soft, easily passed sticky blobs that may stick to the toilet. This type of movement is highly indicative of a poor diet. If you have this type, you should consider eating more fruit and vegetables and cutting out the fatty foods.
5. Fluffy, jagged pieces that tend to float. Any type that is overly loose indicates diarrhea. You should seek advice from your doctor.
6. Watery with no solid pieces. Similar to above, you likely have diarrhea and should seek medical advice. This is usually caused by an underlying illness of infection as opposed to simply dietary habits. So next time you visit the lavatory, have a look and see what you can learn about your overall health.
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