Rainbows, jelly beans, lip glosses…there are plenty of things we want to see in a spectrum of colors. Our stool, however, isn ...
Everybody poops. Typically, people poop three times a day to three times a week, with a characteristic brown to dark green hue. However, when our stool color changes abruptly or slowly over time, it ...
When it comes to maintaining good health, many of us focus on diet, exercise, and regular medical check-ups. However, one crucial aspect of health that is often overlooked is the color of our bowel ...
It can be alarming when you go to the toilet for your daily business and notice that the color of your stool has changed. If you’ve introduced a new vitamin, mineral, or other type of supplement into ...
My receptionist Mandy came scurrying into the office: “Doctor, Mrs. Ferris is on the phone and she says she needs to bring her mother in right now because of a blue stool.” Sometimes I’m a little slow ...
Blue is far from the usual stool color, but it isn’t usually a cause for concern. Most of the time, blue stool is due to blue pigments or dyes that come out when your food is digested. If you take a ...
If your skin is looking a bit pale (which can occur in people of any skin tone), there’s usually a reason. It could be anything from a vitamin B12 deficiency to a symptom of anemia. The same is true ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this exclusive video from ACG Virtual Annual Meeting, Gabriela Kuftinec, MD MPH, from the department of ...
Generally, “normal” poop should be brown. When you eat food, it eventually turns that color by the time it exits the body in the form of stool, according to Baltimore colon and rectal surgeon Jeffery ...
C. diff infection can cause diarrhea. While it may lead your poop to change color, there are no specific colors that are definitive evidence of having C. diff. According to the Centers for Disease ...
It can be alarming when you go to the toilet for your daily business and notice that the color of your stool has changed. If you’ve introduced a new vitamin, mineral, or other type of supplement into ...