Why does my stool always come in small pieces?

If your stool is always in small pieces, it is most likely caused by indigestion. So once you have identified the reasons, you should learn effective ways to improve it, such as avoiding overly refined foods in your daily diet and developing good bowel habits.

If you have indigestion, you should pay more attention to your diet.

1. Avoid eating too little or eating foods that are too refined, lack residue, and reduce stimulation to colon movement.

2. Avoid interference with bowel habits: Failure to defecate in time due to mental factors, changes in lifestyle, excessive fatigue from long-distance travel, etc. can easily cause constipation.

3. Avoid the abuse of laxatives: Abuse of laxatives will reduce the sensitivity of the intestines, form dependence on certain laxatives, and cause constipation.

4. Arrange life and work reasonably and combine work and rest. Appropriate cultural and sports activities, especially abdominal muscle training, are beneficial to improving gastrointestinal function. They are even more important for those who sit for long periods of time and do mental work with high concentration.

5. Develop good bowel habits, have regular bowel movements every day, form conditioned reflexes, and establish good bowel movement patterns. Do not ignore the urge to defecate and have a bowel movement in time. The environment and posture for defecation should be as convenient as possible to avoid suppressing the urge to defecate and disrupting bowel habits.

6. Patients are advised to drink at least 6 glasses of 250 ml water every day, engage in moderate-intensity exercise, and develop a habit of regular bowel movements (twice a day, 15 minutes each time). The action potential activity of the colon increases after waking up and after meals, pushing feces to the distal end of the colon, so morning and after meals are the easiest times to defecate.

7. Treat anal fissures, perianal infections, adnexitis and other diseases promptly. Be cautious when using laxatives and avoid strong stimulation methods such as enema.

8. You can take orthomolecular stachyose to regulate and promote intestinal bifidobacteria.