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What Is The Reason For Having Bowel Movements 3-5 Times A Day And Passing Terrible Smelling, Noxious Gas?
I have for a few weeks been having bowel movements 3 to 5 times a day and the gas I'm passing is really noxious, terrible smelling and matches and air fresheners cannot mask or eliminate the odor. Seems to just hang in the air. Also, my solid waste is different in that I have to brush the toilet after every movement, like the stuff is made of some sort of clay and sticks to the toilet surface. I've never experienced that situation on a regular, every movement occasion. Sometimes?...maybe...but not every time...and the odor is really, really bad. Seems like something is not right on my insides...something has changed.
Mon, 6 Jan 2014
Hello.
Thanks for the query to HCM.
Let me explain one thing , whatever we eat will come out after digestion i.e. if you eat pungent smelling food that will smell like foul smell .So first of all note down that ,if any change in your diet.
Now bowel movements 3-5 times in a day , may be due to .
1 Irritable bowel syndrome , diagnosis can be confirmed by MRI and physical examination by a physician.
2 Amoebic colitis is the second most common cause of such symptoms . Diagnosis can be confirmed by stool examination for enamoeba histolica.
Physical examination also find out palpable intestine.As you mentioned that stool is sticky , so this may be due to mucus and this is common in amoebic colitis.
3 As you mentioned that color of stool is CLAY type , this is a cause of concern so get in blood for serum bilirubin and sgot , sgpt for liver function test . As sometimes liver don't produce sufficient amount of enzymes , which develop such type of indigestion and foul smelling stool.Diagnosis can be confirmed by ultrasound of liver with liver function test.
In my opinion this is a concerning and deal as above mentioned .
Good luck.
Dr. HET
Thanks for the query to HCM.
Let me explain one thing , whatever we eat will come out after digestion i.e. if you eat pungent smelling food that will smell like foul smell .So first of all note down that ,if any change in your diet.
Now bowel movements 3-5 times in a day , may be due to .
1 Irritable bowel syndrome , diagnosis can be confirmed by MRI and physical examination by a physician.
2 Amoebic colitis is the second most common cause of such symptoms . Diagnosis can be confirmed by stool examination for enamoeba histolica.
Physical examination also find out palpable intestine.As you mentioned that stool is sticky , so this may be due to mucus and this is common in amoebic colitis.
3 As you mentioned that color of stool is CLAY type , this is a cause of concern so get in blood for serum bilirubin and sgot , sgpt for liver function test . As sometimes liver don't produce sufficient amount of enzymes , which develop such type of indigestion and foul smelling stool.Diagnosis can be confirmed by ultrasound of liver with liver function test.
In my opinion this is a concerning and deal as above mentioned .
Good luck.
Dr. HET
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