Why is my poop a light brown?
Why is my poop a light brown?
Bile salts are released into your stools by your liver, giving the stools a brown color. If your liver is not producing enough bile, or if the flow of the bile is blocked and not draining from your liver, your stools may become pale or clay-colored. Having pale stools once in a while may not be a cause for concern.
Why is our poop brown?
The color is the result of what you eat and how much bile is in your stool. Bile is a fluid your liver makes to digest fats. It starts out as a yellowish green color. But as the pigments that give bile its color travel through your digestive system, they go through chemical changes and turn brown.
Why is my poop reddish brown?
Poop that is red-colored may be the result of gastrointestinal bleeding. Small amounts of blood in the stool can indicate hemorrhoids. Eating beets or red berries, or drinking beet or tomato juice, also turns poop red. Once these foods have passed through the digestive tract, poop should become brown again.
Why is my poop really dark brown?
It can indicate blood in the stool and may be a more serious gastrointestinal tract issue. But stool that simply seems darker than normal may be the result of dehydration, constipation, or eating dark-colored foods or iron-rich foods or supplements.
What doctor should you see for blood in the stool?
I understand that finding blood in the toilet can be quite alarming. Typically it is not an indicator of a more serious condition. However, whenever blood is discovered in one’s stool you should make an appointment with your doctor or a gastroenterologist to ensure that the blood is not an indicator of another issue.
How do I tell if there is blood in my stool?
Blood in the stool means there is bleeding somewhere in your digestive tract. Sometimes the amount of blood is so small that it can only be detected by a fecal occult test (which checks for hidden blood in the stool). At other times it may visible on toilet tissue or in the toilet after a bowel movement as bright red blood.
What causes fresh blood in stool?
More commonly, upper GI bleeding leads to black stool due to breakdown of the blood as it passes through the digestive system. There are many possible causes of fresh blood in the stool (known medically as hematochezia, or rectal bleeding) caused by lower GI bleeding, ranging in severity from hemorrhoids to inflammatory bowel disease to cancer.
How bad is blood in the stool?
A: Blood IN your stool is bad, blood surrounding your stool can be rather normal. You probably have a fissure, which is a small tare in the rectum that causes you to bleed when you are constipated. Its kind of like a cut that heals up but when stretched opens again, or it could be hemorrhoids.
