“Constipated stool tends to have a different smell because it's been in your colon for so long,” Dr. Lee says.
Bad-smelling stool can be caused by diet, a medication, lactose intolerance, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, or an infection. Monitor what you eat and treat the underlying conditions.
Basically, your gas could smell worse because, just like with bloating, air is getting trapped in your stomach, surrounded by poop, which just makes the air smell more before it's passed. The other theory is that backed-up stool causes bacterial overgrowth. That bacteria produces gas, and sometimes it's smelly gas.
Stools normally have an unpleasant odor. Most of the time, the odor is familiar. Stools that have an extremely bad, abnormal odor may be due to certain medical conditions. Foul-smelling stools also have normal causes, such as diet changes.
Changes in stool that are related to changes in your diet are usually temporary—once you return to your normal diet, your stool should return to its normal smell within a few days.
When you're in a state of dehydration, the fluids that usually help digested food pass through the intestines are absorbed by your stool instead4. “Constipated stool tends to have a different smell because it's been in your colon for so long,” Dr. Lee says.
Poop that is hard and shaped like tiny rocks or pebbles is likely just a sign of constipation. You can still be considered constipated even if you are able to pass a small amount of stool. The large intestine helps to concentrate waste by absorbing water.
You're Eating a Lot of Foods With Sulfur
Sulfur-containing foods include cruciferous veggies (examples are broccoli, cauliflower, and kale), dairy, eggs, and meat. But similar to how drinking alcohol or taking supplements with sulfates can make your stool smell, so can sulfur-rich foods.
How do you know when faecal impaction has cleared? There may be small lumps of poo of any shade of brown if the treatment has been successful. If your child is suffering from faecal impaction, you can give them some sweetcorn. If it appears in your child's poo within 24 hours, the impaction has cleared.
Constipation does not mean bowel movements stop entirely — the term simply describes changes in the frequency and consistency of bowel movements. People can still poop when constipated. If a person is constipated, it typically means that they have fewer than three bowel movements per week, though experiences vary.
Giardiasis is an infection caused by a parasite called Giardia. It causes diarrhea. Symptoms include explosive, watery, greasy, foul-smelling stools, bloating, nausea, pain, gas, fatigue, and loss of appetite.
Foul smelling yellow stools may be a sign that the digestive system is not absorbing nutrients as it should. Malabsorption can happen due to Crohn's disease. Learn more about the symptoms of malabsorption here.
GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, can cause a person's breath to smell like feces because the stomach acid backs up into the esophagus. This acidic wash irritates the esophagus, which can cause extreme discomfort as well as foul breath.
People with diabetes may experience frequent diarrhea — loose, watery stools that happen at least three times a day. You may have fecal incontinence as well, especially at night.
Symptoms of giardiasis
tummy pain or cramps. farting (flatulence) smelly burps – they may smell like eggs.
Diagnosis of constipation requires two or more of the following symptoms, consistently for 90 days: Straining on more than 25% of bowel movements. The feeling that you didn't completely empty your bowels (incomplete evacuation) on more than 25% of bowel movements. Hard stools on more than 25% of bowel movements.
Do you ever begin sweating and feeling like you are going to pass out while pooping, or do you feel like you will pass out at the sight of blood? It's possible that your vagus nerve is causing this sensation and triggering your body's vasovagal reflex, or vasovagal response.