Fobt Flashcards
Components of a Normal Stool
• Bacteria
• Undigested food stuff
• Bile pigments (Urobilin/ Stercobilin)
• Water and electrolytes
• Enzymes
Solid/ semi-solid body waste discharged from the large
intestine through
the anus
during defecation.
Feces/stool
Enzymes in stool
a. Trypsin
b. Chymotrypsin
c. Aminopeptidase d. Lipase
e. Amylase
Volume per day
100-200 g/day
Color of stool
Light to dark brown
Odor of stool
Offensive
Why is it offensive due to
Indole and skatole
Form and consistency of stool
Soft and well formed
Reaction alkaline
Increase protein diet
reaction acidic
Increase vegetable, CHO, and fats in the diet
Abnormal color of stool
Black
Red
Green
Pale yellow
White
Gray
When stool if black
upper gastrointestinal bleeding, intake iron, etc.
When stool is red
bleeding in lower GIT, intake of beets, food
coloring, Rifampin and Pyridium compounds
When stool is gray white pale yellow
Bile duct obstruction, Barium intake
When stool is green
Presence of biliverdin, Oral antibiotics, Green Vegetables
Abnormal Variation in Consistency
Soft and watery
Hard and scybalous (like gout dropping)
Bulky frothy stool
Ribbon like stool
Mucus and blood streak
Rice watery stool
When soft and watery
Diarrhea
When hard and scybalous
Spastic constipation
When bulky frothy
Bile duct obstruction, Pancreatic disorders, abundant fats
When has Mucus and blood streak
Amoebic colitis, Dysentery, Malignancy