Is Your Feces/stool Normal?
Do you know what a normal bowel movement is? Is your feces/stool normal? What are some of the abnormal bowel movements that you should pay attention to?
This is a continual piece of my feces article series: Are your feces healthy?, Are your feces healthy?2, Your child’s feces: healthy or unhealthy, Effective home remedies for treating hard feces/stool problems, constipation and irritable bowel movement, What your feces tell about your health , what your feces tell about your health (part 2), what causes blood (or bright red blood) in your feces? and How does a bowel movement affect your feces/stool and health?.
Most people will spend lots of time looking for their favorable clothes or cars, but they seldom pay attention to their daily bowel movement. Some of them find discussing feces/stool embarrassing. Thus, they will avoid discussing what went wrong with their feces/stool. But, they never know that feces/stool is an important barometer that indicates one’s present health status.
Once a Day, OK?
Many people ask me: “Is that alright to have a bowel movement of once a day or twice a week?” Well, there is in fact no strict rule stating that one must have one movement a day as it varies from individual to individual. Definitely, a bowel movement of once a day is considered as normal for a healthy adult. Three times a day is still considered normal. However, if you have a bowel movement 4 times or more a day it is abnormal. In a case that you have 1-2 movement/s a week, it is a sign of constipation. Similarly, if you have three watery feces/stools a day it could be an indication of diarrhea. One bowel movement a day may not be true for everyone, but 1-3 easy-to-pass feces/stool is a definition of a normal movement.
How About the Size or Shape? How is the Color?
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valli | Nov 1, 2010 | Reply
A comprehensive read on what your feces say about your health.
Eunice Tan | Nov 1, 2010 | Reply
It is good to know the criteria of the normal one. Now I could be aware if something abnormal happens.
clay hurtubise | Nov 1, 2010 | Reply
At first, I thought you were getting kinda personal!
Informative piece.
Thanks,
clay
strategy03 | Nov 1, 2010 | Reply
Very interesting and informative stuff
Jenny Heart | Nov 1, 2010 | Reply
Very important information as always!
Joe Dorish | Nov 1, 2010 | Reply
Great info for people Chan!
Mr Ghaz | Nov 1, 2010 | Reply
Awesome post***..a very informative and well researched article on daily bowel movement. excellent tips as always. thank you chan
Kaye TM | Nov 1, 2010 | Reply
interesting. glad to know this chan. =p
CA Johnson | Nov 1, 2010 | Reply
This was an excellent article. It is good to know if your stool is normal. My grandfather had colon cancer so I do have to be cautious about this.
papaleng | Nov 2, 2010 | Reply
a highly informative post readers should share.
Christine Ramsay | Nov 2, 2010 | Reply
A lot of very useful information inthis post. Good work.
Christine
Dee Gold | Nov 2, 2010 | Reply
informative
Melody SJAL | Nov 2, 2010 | Reply
Very thorough and comprehensive.
margaridab | Nov 2, 2010 | Reply
It’s a topic that usually is not talked about and it’s very important. Thanks!
crisdiwata | Nov 2, 2010 | Reply
I’ll become more cautious now that I’ve read this one. Very informative article.
Phoenix Montoya | Nov 6, 2010 | Reply
This is very informative Chan. Good to know more things about it. Thanks.
PR Mace | Nov 7, 2010 | Reply
Useful information. I can see the time and research you placed on the article. Well done, my friend.
Angelgirlpj | Nov 13, 2010 | Reply
This was a very informative article. I found out things about poop I never knew.