Umm... I'm pretty sure that normal poop should be solid at some point. I think you should be a little worried that he NEVER has solid poop. Does he have a good diet?

Sounds like he could have celiac disease or another disease of malabsorption. What a mess!

Betcha really go through the toilet bowl cleaner, huh?

Your description reads like a typical marriage dispute, where each party thinks they're right (much like the husband/wife conflicts you hear discussed on Car Talk). My guess is that, in addition to having to endure the smell you mention, it's also you who cleans the toilet bowl. How about if you get him to agree to clean up after himself in return for which you back off trying to get him to agree to see a doctor about how he shits?

My cousin had problems like that a lot a few years back....Dr. told him to start drinking Metamucil....1 glass a day (the normal texture - not instant mix) well, he did and he has gone from several "messy" poops a day to usually 1 good big thick/normal load a day. Have him try this!!

Another thing to try would be calcium supplements. Two Caltrate pills per day, one in the morning and one in the evening should do the trick. Have him try this for a week, and see what happens. I would recommend the Caltrate+D, but stay away from the Caltrate Plus. Caltrate Plus has minerals in it that could just make things worse.

"Have him try...." Hey, they guy seems fine with his shit. If anyone needs medication, it's probably Julipooli, and the drug is Valium.

Chronically watery stools are most definitely not normal; as a previous poster noted, this tends to indicate a malabsorption problem in the colon, meaning that the colon's function of absorbing water from the digestive tract is not functioning as it should. I would recommend a visit to a gastroenterologist.

Wonderful advice, Fullofsht.

I'm no doctor, but I'd advice your husband to add some more cheese to his diet, and less fiberous material. Does your hubby shit every day? Multiple times a day? If so, he needs to start eating foods that will produce a more firm stool. I'm an "every-other-day" shitter, and I usually produce logs that Lincoln himself would praise. I'm not a fiber fan so I'm usually guaranteed a solid one.

My dad had this problem. His gas was so bad that I'd be willing to roll down a window in 20 degree weather just to get rid of the smell. When my parents were still married, my mom had to kick him out onto the couch because it stunk so bad. Just about eight months ago, his doctor diagnosed him with Chron's disease and gave him some medication - hasn't really had a problem since.

Of course, I'm not a doctor so I can only gastimate. Good luck though.

Better safe than sorry, he should have himself checked by a physician. If all is normal, you can stop worrying, and just stock up on bowl cleaner and air freshener!

Yep, the gas really sounds like Crohn's. He'd better get checked, as he could EASILY end up with a colostomy or WORSE. Talk about what a poop report THAT would be. : (

I think your husband swallowed a shard of glass when he was a child, and that it is lodged in his widger. Urine is leaking into his tummy which is creating the wet poop.

I agree with caca doodle on this one. I would also add giardia to the list. You can get it anywhere and it can cause those symptoms for a long time before you ever suspect anything.

Thanks, fellow poopers! I was a little worried about the health aspect. He read all your posts and is starting to realize that maybe he should get checked. And for logjam--I'll have you know I'm a triple ringer myself, and proudly so. We don't fight over his crap. His farts may be the one thing in this life that truly brings him joy, and I would never wish to deprive him of that. He's a big boy. If he can wipe his ass, he can clean the bowl too. I come in after with the lysol for damage control. It's a great system.

Maybe he is allergic to wheat or something else, celiac's and crohns disease both give you horrible digestive problems, my mother has crohns and has to avoid wheat like the plague, I also have a son with a wheat allergy, when he eats it he has diarrhea constantly.............I'd look into it.

Could he be intolerant to wheat or something without knowing it? I wonder.

You know, besides dehydration, he is running the risk of getting big old hemmorhoids through this type of pooping. I cannot believe he hasn't gone to a doctor.

Please get him to a doctor, Juliepooli, and we will all hope to hear from you again. And, yes, girl, he should be cleaning out that toilet!

Actually, you can be allergic to wheat without knowing it, you just usually have to get tested by a Dr to check for sure, alot of people are allergic to things and have no clue, usually a complaint like this warrants a bunch of testing, then the diagnosis is usually made, my son was only diagnosed after 2 years of sloppy non solid bowel movements, 2 weeks after being taken off wheat, he finally had solid poop!! Have your hubby ask the Dr about doing a food challenge test and see what comes of it. Good Luck!!

In your case if you've always shit this way, maybe it's normal. Go see a doctor anyway. I knew one guy who had normal bowels most of his life, then started getting watery shits. He died of prostate cancer. Wish he saw the doc sooner.

You should change your name to JuliPoolooli. Maybe your husband needs to try levsyn. Its a medication that calms colon spasms. And in theory, calms stools down too.

I pooped like that alot after I had my baby. Did he recently have a baby? J/K

Fwee pwoo pwahhhhh!!!

Translation: Stop eating junk food!

This is the funniest thing I have ever seen.

Lay off the lettuce. You can't throw shit you can't grab.

I would assume it's not normal to go like that all the time, but if he always did, it's probably normal.

Get this people...I never have to wipe my ass!!! Seriously, I always have poop just the right consistency and whenever I do try to wipe, there's never anything there!! It's fucking awesome, I swear it. It's the kind of poop that is more on the harder side than soft. But it's always the same consistency and it's a pleasure to take a shit. Anybody else out there who never has to wipe their ass? I've even told my family members about it because I think it's fucking wonderful! I love my ass. This Thanksgiving a special thanks goes out to my bum.

There is nothing better and more satifyintg that a firm poop. See a doctor and find the holy grail of shitsdom

I notice lately my dump is getting more like oatmeal. Ten years ago, I used to have harder and bigger stools. I never had to strain but you sure can feel it coming out. As I got older, I noticed they got narrower and usually broken into little pieces. The good news is I now have two dumps a day-smaller quatity each time but double the pooping pleasure.

Try Corn muffin mix with just a little water to swallow and within a couple of hours you will peal the paint off the bathroom walls with "Super
Farts"-dry but what a smell!

Lol. This reminds me of my brother - I go through a can of Comet every week cleaning up after him. His problem is his diet. He just eats bread, hamburgers, and junk food. It's gross. That poo poo head! (Didn't have any intelligent or slightly amusing response to this but felt like writing)
Poop, poop, and more poop,
Magula

funny ass terms ppl i found this site looking for why do dogs smell assholes .

If you didn't know from previous posts I've had "issues" with alcohol. Runny shits never solid are a very big problem for us drinkers as we usually never eat properly or drink enough water. I've gone months with this, stopped drinking and the shitter returns to normal. I was in a treatment facility in Toronto for three weeks and everybody had the same problem.

Interesting BungaD...sometimes (after a stoli night) I have a log that could support the ESB. And yeah, occasionally its brown squirty froth. When I was married, my poor wife would clean the mug. I had the "Hiroshima Bomb" syndrome. It actually would splash off the seat and run down the sides. I usually cleaned it off..(true love)...but there were times she would get pissed cause I missed a few(dozen) spots.
Oh yeah...Julipooli's hubby had a big grin each time he "went critical"...;b(!)

It might be a good idea if he gets checked for Chron's or Cholitis.

If he has neither, he should take a good look at his diet, also a mild colon cleanse could help, but I would, by all means see a doctor.

If he drinks alot of beer, these "shit bursts' might me caused by that. He could also have IBS-D.
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A man who farts in church, sits in his own pew.

I have a question,my boyfriend says he has really foul smeling poop ever since he was in the hospital and it has been that way ever since. Should we be concerned?

Man I'm lucky! I can shit my arse off and I can't smell a thing because i have no sense of smell.! ACE!
Mind you, its interesting to go into a public loo and put my hand down on a shit covered seat ... Guess that's one of the downers of being blind.

explosive diahrea is not what I would call normal...and he says that he's always gone this way his whole life? SAY WHAT? YIKES!!