Nurse Poo:

It comes to mind that the afflicted individual may be going to a shushi bar and gobbling down seaweed wraps without sufficient mastication.

Your admirer,

Turd!

WTF is SHUSHI?

Ummmmm ... shitty sushi? Or, maybe just plain old-fashioned sushi with an extra "h" in it.

OH!!!!! Well why didn't you shay sho??

Sheesh!

What are some reason why my poop would be black?

Maemitc, have you been taking Pepto Bismol? That would turn your shit black. So would some veggies, especially olives. But it could also be intestinal bleeding.

On the question to Poonurse, sounds like the kid has serious internal bleeding. Hope this person got help for her.

Can you tell me about having explosive poop,pencil poop,blood in urine and poop, feeling terrible, stomach/butt aches. My husband has had this problem for over 2 years, had lots of things done, and meds no one really knows the answer other than he does have a enlarged prostate. Any advice?

It sounds like IBS.
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Doing a proper differential diagnosis, the first thing you need to rule out is cancer, especially colon cancer and/or prostate cancer. Both of these are among the most common, yet most easily treated, types of cancer IF they are detected early! T, you say your husband has had "lots of things done," and I hope that includes regular, thorough medical exams. Sam says this "sounds like IBS," and although some of the symptoms you describe might be consistent with IBS, as one who has that problem himself, I believe your husband is dealing with other issues, too.

Sounds like he has problems with both the front door and the back. If you haven't already done so, I would get him an appointment with a first-rate proctologist and urologist before the sun goes down.

Investigating pencil poop "PP"---good info on here, anything through DIET cure "PP"...I'm going on one week of PP--and my butttt feels so tight that nothing can get through...and it hurts! Help a butt out.

Is it possible to rule out colon cancer without the colonoscopy? They are not fun. Can a biopsy be taken instead? Also, why am I bening sent to a gasteroenterologist instead of a proctologist? I am a 78 year old female. Thanks heaps.

and now there is this black tobabcco looking stuff in it, even now it is all clear, what is this..."
We call it shit.

That's a question for Motherload.

But I don't think so. A biopsy takes a sample of a mass. How would they know what to sample? You could have lesions or whatever anywhere in there. Plus, the risk of anesthesia should be saved for when you REALLY need it, if you ask me.

Good luck to you.

Too bad they won't let people just get really drunk before a siggy or colonoscopy.

newyorkperry, during a colonoscopy a tube with a camera attached to it is snaked into the colon and images are relayed onto a screen so that the doc can take note of any abnormal findings.

In the event that something suspicious is located, a biopsy of that area will be taken at that time. It would be inadvisable if not completely impossible for a doctor to start snipping out pieces of colon without the visual aid of the camera.

Since the tool used to take the biopsy is going to have to be stuck up your butt anyway, you might as well have the comfort in knowing the doctor isn't blindly hacking up your guts.

Gastroenterologists are medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive system, such as hepatitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and colon or rectal cancer.

Proctology is a field in medicine dealing with diseases and disorders of the rectum, anus, colon and pelvic floor. The word Proctology is derived from the Greek words Proktos, meaning anus or hindparts, and Logos meaning science or study.

Physicians specializing in this field of medicine are called proctologists. Most proctologists are surgeons by training.

So if you do happen to get diagnosed with something requiring surgical intervention, then the gastroenterologist would probably refer you to the proctologist at that point.

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