Type 1 Stool
Type 1 stools have spent the longest amount of time in the colon of any of the types on the chart.
Type 1 stool. Like a sausage but with cracks on its surface can be black type 4. It is typical for a person who has stools twice or three times daily after major meals. Like a sausage or snake smooth and soft average stool type 5. Doctors also consider this a normal poop that should happen every one to three days.
Sausage like but lumpy represents a combination of type 1 stools impacted into a single mass and lumped together by fiber components and some bacteria. The seven types of stool are. Type 1 consists of separate hard lumps that are shaped like nuts and difficult to pass type 2 is sausage shaped but lumpy. The scale provides seven basic categories of bowel movements.
Typical for organic constipation. Samples are then assigned a number 1 7 that corresponds to descriptions on the scale. Pebble poop bowel movements usually occur when stool doesn t pass quickly enough through the intestines. The ideal stool is generally type 3 or 4 easy to pass without being too watery.
When faeces sit in the colon for too long it can cause one to become constipated. Soft blobs with clear cut edges. Separate hard lumps like nuts difficult to pass and can be black type 2. 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.
Types 5 6 and 7 tend toward diarrhea. The diameter is 3 to 4 cm 1 2 1 6. Causes can include the side effects of medications such as antibiotics diuretics antipsychotics and antacids. These are small like the first ones but soft and easy to pass the blobs also.
While forming it ll linger inside the large intestine which usually absorbs some water. The causes for this level of constipation vary but they can be associated with a low fiber diet and or sedentary lifestyle. I consider this form ideal. This form is close to the margins of comfort in several respects.
If yours is type 1 or 2 you re probably constipated. The bristol stool form scale a scale that classifies bowel movements into seven numbered categories may help you better understand your bowel movements. Fluffy pieces with ragged edges a mushy stool. The diameter is 1 to 1 5 cm 0 4 0 6.