Different symptoms of loose and unformed stools

Changes in stool are directly related to one's diet, mood, and stress. Therefore, in real life, in order to protect our physical health and ensure normal bowel movements, it is particularly important to maintain a good mood. For many patients with loose and unformed stools, different symptoms are introduced below so that you can have a comprehensive understanding.

1. The stool is bright red and paste-like. You may develop acute hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis due to overeating or eating unclean food.

2. There are bright red blood drops on the surface of the stool, which are not mixed with the stool. It is common in internal hemorrhoids, external hemorrhoids and anal fissures. If there is blood on the surface of the stool and the stool becomes a flat ribbon shape, you should go to the hospital to check whether you have rectal cancer, sigmoid colon cancer, rectal ulcer and other diseases.

3. The stool is dark red like jam and contains a lot of mucus, which indicates amoebic dysentery. Ameba in stool is a parasite. Patients with bacillary dysentery also have mucus and blood in their stools, but they do not have the foul odor like the stools of patients with amoebic dysentery.

4. The stool is tarry, black and shiny, which is often caused by bleeding from esophageal, gastric and duodenal ulcers. Blood is originally red. When it enters the digestive tract, the iron in the hemoglobin in the blood combines with the sulfide in the fat to produce iron sulfide, which causes the stool to become tarry black (black stools can only appear when the amount of blood is more than 60 ml). In addition, black tarry stools may also be seen when there is bleeding from esophageal varicose aneurysms, continuous vomiting after overeating, or ruptured blood vessels at the junction of the esophagus and gastric mucosa.

5. Grayish white stools like clay indicate that the passage of bile into the intestine is blocked. The bile has to circulate in the blood and be deposited in the skin, causing the skin to turn yellow. Gallstones, bile duct cancer, pancreatic head cancer, liver cancer, etc. are all obstacles to the flow of bile into the digestive tract. There is no bile in the digestive tract, and the stool is grayish-white clay-like.

6. The stool is red and white like snot, commonly known as red and white jelly, which is a characteristic of acute bacterial disease. It is a mixture of thick, bloody, and mucus. Patients with chronic colitis may also develop red and white frostbite.

7. White, greasy and foamy stool is often a syndrome of malabsorption. When this condition occurs in young children, it is called celiac disease in children.

8. Loose and red stools may be caused by bleeding in the colon mucosa. If it is mixed with mucus or pus, the colon mucosa should be checked for inflammation.

First of all, loose and unformed stools are related to many factors and will also manifest in many symptoms. So after understanding the above content, no matter your stools are loose or appear in other colors, you should pay attention to it. Only by paying attention to it can you adjust your stools and return to normal as soon as possible.