Seek medical care if your child has more than one abnormally colored stool, especially if they haven’t had any brightly colored foods or if the stools are pale, white, or clay-colored.

Fecal impaction occurs when stool forms that is hard, dry, and difficult to pass on its own. Individuals who experience constipation are more at risk of fecal impaction, which is more severe. When an ...

You'll need to follow a specific low-residue diet to empty your colon. During this process, your stool will change color and consistency. Using a colonoscopy prep poop color chart can help you ...

The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2008;42(11):1621-1639.

Design We measured 1684 different faecal metabolites and 8 short-chain and branched-chain fatty acids in stool samples of 424 patients with IBD and 255 non-IBD controls. Regression analyses were used ...