Is it normal to have unformed stool?

Loose stools are abnormal for adults. There are many reasons for loose stools. Sometimes indigestion, gastroenteritis, or gastrointestinal dysfunction may cause such symptoms. We should especially be alert to such symptoms caused by colitis and chronic enteritis, which have a relatively large impact on health. If this is the case, we must go to the hospital for examination in time, and pay attention to our diet.

Is it normal to have unformed stool?

Unformed stool refers to repeated stools that are soft and watery like mud, which disperses when exposed to water, or are accompanied by undigested food. Unformed stool is one of the typical symptoms of enteritis. Unlike diarrhea, the frequency of bowel movements may not increase, or may increase slightly;

Stool excretion is not smooth, or there is a feeling that the stool cannot be completely discharged, which means the stool is sticky and uncomfortable. The two can exist alone or alternately. If the stool is unformed for a long time and lasts for more than a week, it indicates an organic disease. In addition, unformed stool may also be related to drugs, emotional stress, food intolerance, abnormal colon motility, small intestinal dysfunction, and abnormal esophageal and gallbladder motility.

Causes

1. Unclean diet: Unclean diet leads to infection with E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, etc., which causes diarrhea, resulting in unformed stools and frequent loose stools. 2. Caused by enteritis: Enteritis caused by drug abuse, viral infection, etc. can also lead to unformed stools and loose stools. 3. Indigestion caused by: irregular diet, overeating, eating indigestible food, or food retention in the stomach due to insufficient gastric motility, resulting in unformed stools, frequent bowel movements, and mostly diarrhea. 4. Gastrointestinal dysfunction: Gastrointestinal dysfunction causes unformed and loose stools, often manifested as alternating constipation and diarrhea.

Preventive health care Prevention 1. Quit smoking and drinking; eat less sour, cold, raw, hard, greasy and gas-producing food. Prevention 2: Eat at regular times and in regular amounts, and eat small and frequent meals. It is not advisable to eat too much at each meal, especially in the afternoon and evening. Prevention three: Pay attention to your daily routine and ensure adequate sleep. Prevention 4: Do more outdoor exercises. A strong physique is the basis of health.