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Why The Stool Smell Like Petrol?

My grandson is 3 years old and beginning yesterday afternoon his bowel movements smell like a petroleum based product. His bowel movement this morning was the sane. The consistency is pasty. He has no health issues, intact very healthy. Could this b a little bug going around or is it something more serious. He is eating and drinking. He is drinking only water right now. Would yogurt be helpful or maybe sone pedialite. His diet is really no different than any other day. Could pool water cause this. My pool has a salt generator that produces the chlorine needed for my pool. Sometimes he ingests some of the pool water when swimming.
Fri, 5 Feb 2016
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Hello,

Based on the information you have provided, it sounds like it could be from his diet. The main thing you want to monitor is the color of his stool. You said he is not constipated or having diarrhea so that is good. If the odor becomes foul smelling or if the color becomes white, gray, black or contains blood, that's when you would want to think about taking a stool sample in. He is also acting normal and does not have any other symptoms, which again indicates that it has to do with the food.
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Why The Stool Smell Like Petrol?

Hello, Based on the information you have provided, it sounds like it could be from his diet. The main thing you want to monitor is the color of his stool. You said he is not constipated or having diarrhea so that is good. If the odor becomes foul smelling or if the color becomes white, gray, black or contains blood, that s when you would want to think about taking a stool sample in. He is also acting normal and does not have any other symptoms, which again indicates that it has to do with the food.