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    The document discusses stool color and consistency as indicators of health conditions. It provides a chart describing common stool colors and their potential clinical significance, such as brown being normal, green indicating fast intestinal transit, and black or tarry stools signifying bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract. It also presents the Bristol Stool Chart which classifies stool consistency from Type 1 to 7 based on shape and texture, with Types 3 and 4 generally considered normal and Types 6 and 7 potentially indicative of inflammation.

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    The document discusses stool color and consistency as indicators of health conditions. It provides a chart describing common stool colors and their potential clinical significance, such as brown being normal, green indicating fast intestinal transit, and black or tarry stools signifying bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract. It also presents the Bristol Stool Chart which classifies stool consistency from Type 1 to 7 based on shape and texture, with Types 3 and 4 generally considered normal and Types 6 and 7 potentially indicative of inflammation.

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    Dela Cruz, Charmaine L.

    February 11, 2020


    BSMT 2-1 Clinical Parasitology - Laboratory

    STOOL COLOR CHART

    Stool color is typically influenced by what you eat as well as by the amount of bile (a
    fluid that digest fast) in your stool. Most color changes are normal; however, if the
    changes are consistent, it can reveal many clues about your health.

    COLOR CLINICAL FINDINGS CAUSES

    Color caused by chemical


    All shades of brown are considered changes in bilirubin (a pigment
    Brown
    NORMAL. resulting from the breakdown of
    red blood cells).

    Food may be moving through the large Green leafy vegetables, green
    Green intestine too quickly, such as due to food coloring, such as in
    diarrhea. As a result, bile doesn't have flavored drink mixes or ice
    time to break down completely. pops, iron supplements.

    Light-
    A lack of bile in stool. This may Certain medications, such as
    colored,
    indicate a bile duct obstruction. large doses of bismuth
    white or
    subsalicylate (Kaopectate,
    clay-
    Pepto-Bismol) and other anti-
    colored
    diarrheal drugs.

    Yellow, Excess fat in the stool, such as due to Sometimes the protein gluten,
    greasy, a malabsorption disorder, for example, such as in breads and cereals.
    foul- celiac disease. See a doctor for evaluation.
    smelling

    Bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal Iron supplements, bismuth


    Black Tarry
    tract, such as the stomach. subsalicylate (Kaopectate,
    Pepto-Bismol), black licorice.

    Bright
    red/Maroon Bleeding in the lower intestinal tract, Red food coloring, beets,
    such as the large intestine or rectum, cranberries, tomato juice or
    often from hemorrhoids. soup, red gelatin or drink
    Dela Cruz, Charmaine L. February 11, 2020
    BSMT 2-1 Clinical Parasitology - Laboratory

    mixes.

    THE BRISTOL STOOL CHART

    The Bristol Stool Chart (also called the Bristol Stool Scale or the Bristol Stool Form
    Scale) is a diagnostic tool to evaluate samples of human feces based on the shape and
    consistency of the stool. Samples are then assigned a number 1–7 that corresponds to
    descriptions on the scale.

    TYPE IMAGE CONSISTENCY INDICATION

    Separate hard
    1 Very constipated
    lumps

    Lumpy and Slightly


    2
    sausage-like constipated

    Sausage shape
    3 with cracks in the Normal
    surface

    A smooth, soft
    4 Normal
    sausage or snake

    Soft blobs with


    5 Lacking fibre
    clear-cut edges

    Mushy consistency
    6 Inflammation
    with ragged edges
    Dela Cruz, Charmaine L. February 11, 2020
    BSMT 2-1 Clinical Parasitology - Laboratory

    Liquid consistency
    7 with no solid Inflammation
    pieces

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