Checking your poo - Bupa UK
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Checking your poo If your doctor asks you to keep a note of what your poo looks like, the following may help. Each time you do a poo, make a note of the type to help you remember. Type 1 Hard lumps or pellets. Constipation Normal Diarrhoea Type 5 Separate, soft blobs with well defined edges. Type 2 Lumpy and in the shape of a sausage. Type 6 Mushy, with pieces of poo that have ragged or fluffy edges. Type 3 Sausage shaped but with cracks on the surface. Type 4 Smooth and sausage shaped. Type 7 Loose and watery – no solid pieces. Information based on The Bristol Stool Chart
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Checking your pooIf your doctor asks you to keep a note of what your poo looks like, the following may help. Each time you do a poo, make a note of the type to help you remember.
Type 1 Hard lumps or pellets.
Constipation
Normal
Diarrhoea
Type 5 Separate, soft blobs with well defined edges.
Type 2 Lumpy and in the shape of a sausage.
Type 6 Mushy, with pieces of poo that have ragged or fluffy edges.
Type 3 Sausage shaped but with cracks on the surface.
Type 4 Smooth and sausage shaped.
Type 7 Loose and watery – no solid pieces.
Information based on The Bristol Stool Chart
