fecal

fecal /fe·cal/ (fe´k'l) pertaining to or of the nature of feces.

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fe·cal (fkl)

adj.

Relating to or composed of feces.

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fecal.

See feces.

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fecal

pertaining to or of the nature of feces.

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fecal bilirubin

bilirubin in feces should be reduced to urobilinogen and its presence is suggestive of abnormality. See also bilirubin.

fecal consistency

classified as watery, soft, normal, dry and firm, scybalous.

fecal eating

see coprophagy.

fecal egg count

see egg count.

fecal examination for worms

adult worms in anthelmintic trials are collected in sieves after sampling of fecal output. Fecal larvae are counted by special techniques, e.g. baermann technique.

fecal fat

normally a small amount in feces. Large amounts in feces of carnivores indicates malabsorption or maldigestion, suggestive of deficiency of bile or pancreatic or intestinal lipase. May cause clinical steatorrhea.

fecal hemagglutination

see hemagglutination test.

fecal marking

see marking (2).

fecal output

see fecal volume (below).

fecal pellets

an indication of normal health in sheep and goats, most rodents and wild ruminants. Horse balls are an equine approximation of pellets.

fecal porphyria

abnormally high quantities in feces are indicative of the presence of porphyria or protoporphyria.

fecal smudge pattern

the pattern of feces wiped on the buttocks of calves by their tails is used as an indication of the type of abnormality of the feces and of the gut.

fecal softeners

agents that act against excessive drying of feces in the colon, aiding defecation. Psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid, methylcellulose and dioctyl sodium succinate are examples.

total fecal fat

a determination of the amount of fat found in a 24-hour sample. Used to identify maldigestion or malabsorption of fat.

fecal trypsin

may be measured qualitatively or quantitatively to diagnose exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.

fecal volume

varies a great deal depending on food and water intake. Otherwise is an indicator of digestive efficiency. Also expressed as fecal volume.

fecal water

varies with water intake and composition of feed, especially in herbivores. Otherwise an indicator of absorptive capacity of intestine, or enteropathy or use of purgatives.

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Patient discussion about fecal.

Q. what does it mean when u have blood in your stool?

A. well, it could mean a lot of things. if you are a man over the age of 50 - could mean colon cancer. could mean you ate a chicken bone that scratches your colon. if you have a diarrhea - could mean some sort of a disease like cholera or something. it's a symptom, here is a web page that talkes about it:
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/bloody_stool.htm

but you might as well go see a Dr.- it's usually not a good sign.

Q. Blood in stools before and after polyp removel, Avms of the deodenel loop, inside hems, and 3cin tubuo adenoma Hi, On Nov of 06 I had a colonoscopy done and they didnt find any thing that could be mking me bleed and go to the rest room often. Then in Nov of 07 did a EDg and found I have AVMs of the deodenel loop.She Burned them and I didnt have any more bleeding till June of thei yr.On 6/6/08 i had another EDg done she burned more AVMs and on Mon I started bleeding again. This time she did a colonoscopy and found I had inside hems and a 3cin tubuolvillous adenoma inflamed.She cut, burned, and took it out in peices.She saye she will go back in Nov of this yr and look again. Two weeks after I had this done I had started to bleed again and had bad such bad pain in my hip I had to hold on to walk. that same day i started to bleed again. I bled out big clots and a bowl full of blood! A few days later the pain went away but was still bleeding ever time I had bowl movement!I can bleed up to 4 days at a times sometimes. I have been taking HC supp. and it seems to have stoped the bleeding and pain!

A. It is normal that after a polyp removal you will continue bleeding some more. However, if you feel like there is a lot of bleeding, and/or you are not feeling well, you should see a doctor as soon as possible to stop the bleeding or look for the source of bleeding.

Q. baby has worm in stool 6 monthold

A. There are many treatments, but as far as I know they require prescription, so consulting a pediatrician may be necessary.

However, you may read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intestinal_parasite