The dangers of loose and unformed stools

A person's health can be seen from his stool, so when many people have loose and unformed stools, it will seriously damage their health. At the same time, if this continues for a long time, it will cause irreparable damage to their digestive system. Therefore, many patients with loose and unformed stools want to know what the dangers are. The answer is given below, and you can see what the dangers are.

Unformed stools may lead to a large loss of water, which will put the body in a state of dehydration, resulting in reduced blood volume, increased blood viscosity, slow blood flow, and easy formation of blood clots and blockage of blood vessels. Sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium can maintain the acid-base balance of the blood, nerve conduction function, and heart rhythm. The lack of these cations during diarrhea can cause serious heart rhythm disorders, which is more detrimental to the elderly with cardiovascular diseases.

Unformed stool does not mean that the stool is thin, but that the stool is shaped like loose mud, commonly known as thin feces. Unlike diarrhea, the frequency of bowel movements may not increase or may increase slightly; stool excretion is not smooth or there is a feeling that the stool is not completely discharged, and the stool is sticky and uncomfortable. The two can exist alone or alternately.

Unformed stool is one of the typical symptoms of enteritis. Other symptoms of chronic enteritis include: intestinal rumbling, diarrhea, bloody stools, abdominal pain, constipation, foamy stools, etc. If the stool is unformed for a long time and lasts for more than a week, it indicates an organic disease. In addition, unformed stool may also be related to drugs, emotional stress, food intolerance, abnormal colon motility, small intestinal dysfunction, and abnormal esophageal and gallbladder motility. Unformed stool does not mean diarrhea. Patients must pay attention to it and go to a regular specialist hospital for examination and treatment in time if symptoms are found.

After understanding the dangers of loose and unformed stools, many patients with this symptom must not ignore the harm to their bodies. They should choose a large hospital as soon as possible to find out the cause of their loose and unformed stools. Only by finding out the cause and receiving correct treatment as soon as possible can they recover and avoid serious harm to their bodies.