Stools Flashcards
1
Q
Pale and oily stool
A
Malabsorption
2
Q
Mucus in stool
A
Intestinal Infection or injury
3
Q
Tarry stool
A
Iron ingestion or bleeding
4
Q
Fecal incontience
A
Inability to control passage of feces, gas, from anus
5
Q
Diarrhea
A
Increase number of stools and passage of liquid, unformed feces
6
Q
Fetal impaction
A
Unrelieved constipation and unable to expel hardened feces in rectum
7
Q
Constipation
A
Infrequent bowel movements (less than 3 per week) hard and dry stools that are hard to pass
8
Q
Flatulence symptoms
A
Abdominal fullness, cramping, distention, severe sharp pain
9
Q
Symptoms Diarrhea
A
Fever, chills, weight loss, abdominal pain
10
Q
Hemorroids
A
Pain in area around anus
