AUBF Lab Stool&Urine MicroMacro Flashcards
Human feces is called as
STOOL
Feces: latin term ______ meaning RESIDUE.
faex
It is the waste residue of indigestible materials of an animal’s digestive tract expelled through the anus during defecation.
Stool
______ is newborn’s first feces.
Meconium
______ or ________ is the study of feces.
SCATOLOGY or CAPROLOGY
COMPOSITION of stool
o 3/4 Water, 1/4 Solid
Undigested and Unabsorbed food
Intestinal secretions, Mucous Bile
pigments and Salts
Bacteria and Inorganic material
Epithelial cells, Leukocytes
Stool collection: Stool should be collected in a (3) container.
dry, sterilized, wide mouthed
Stool collection: It should be _______ with Urine or any other body secretions.
uncontaminated
Stool collection: Properly _____ and always a ______ sample should be tested.
named; fresh
MACROSCOPIC EXAMINATION of stool includes: (6)
o Volume
o Color
o Consistency
o Odor
o Blood, Mucous
o Parts of parasite and Adult parasite
Human fecal matter is normally ______ in color which result from a combination of ____ and _____
yellowish brown; bile and bilirubin
Variation of stool colors (8)
o Bright Red/Maroon o Blood streak
o Yellow
o Green
o Black Blue o Tan/Clay
o White
o Pale greasy
Exclusively breast fed infants pass ____ and ____ or _____ and _____ stool.
loose and green or pasty and yellow
Infants fed on cows’ milk preparations pass stools of a _____ color and of a much
______ consistency
paler yellow; firmer
Babies fed on newer modified cows’ milk
preparations have ____ colored or ______
stools.
clay; greenish
Some healthy children may pass frequent,
______ stools containing undigested vegetable matter called as ______ diarrhea.
loose; Toddler’s
Separate hard lumps, like nuts. Hard to pass
Type 1
Sausage-shaped but lumpy
Type 2
Like sausage but with cracks on the surface
Type 3
Like sausage or snake, smooth and soft
Type 4
Soft blobs with clear-cut edges.
Passed easily
Type 5
Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a mushy stool
Type 6
Watery, no solid pieces. Entirely Liquid.
Type 7
Stool odor: Basically depends on the ____ of the stool and _______ and ______ are the substances that produce normal odor formed by Intestinal bacterial fermentation and putrefaction.
pH; INDOLE and SKETOLE
Stool odor: A foul odor is caused by degradation of _______ and excessive ______ intake.
undigested protein; carbohydrate
Stool odor: Sickly sweet odor is produced by?
undigested Lactose.
Diarrhea mixed with mucous and Blood is suggestive of:
Typhoid, Amoebiasis, Typhus, Large bowel Carcinoma.
Diarrhea mixed with mucous and Pus is suggestive of:
Ulcerative Colitis, Regional Enteritis, Shigellosis, Salmonellosis, Acute diverticulitis, Intestinal TB.
Pasty stool with high fat content is suggestive of:
CBD Obstruction, Cystic fibrosis-butter stool.
Translucent gelatinous mucous clinging to the surface of the formed stool is found in:
Spastic Constipation, Excessive straining,
Mucous colitis.
Rice water stools which is colorless and almost devoid of odor is suggestive of?
Cholera
Stools may look like Redcurrant jelly in?
Intussusception
PARASITE that may be present in the stool (5)
Round worm
Hook worm
Tape worm
Pin worm
Whip worm
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION: SLIDE PREPARATION
- A drop of warm Saline or Lugol’s lodine
is placed over a clean microscopic slide. - About 2mg of stool sample should be taken and mixed with solution placed
over the slide. - Coverslip is placed avoiding air bubbles.
- Examined under Microscope
______ METHOD to detect Ova.
CONCENTRATION
____ stools are best for detecting Ova or
parasites. Do not_______ the specimen.
Warm; refrigerate
Because of cyclic life cycle of parasites, _______ random stool specimens
are recommended for examination
three separate
Eggs of Pin worm - _________ rarely appear in stools. These are usually collected in the folds of skin in ______
region.
Enterobius vermicularis; perianal
o COLLECTION
_____ swab/______ patch - Anus especially in _______ - Dipped in _____ – Observed
Cotton; Plaster; early morning; Saline