A change in bowel habits is any departure from what counts as normal when it comes to how your stools look or how often you have a bowel movement (poop). Slight changes usually aren&#;t a big deal. But major changes may signal that you need to adjust some parts of your lifestyle to live healthier. Differences can provide clues about what&#;s happening inside your body, like a health condition a healthcare provider should know about and treat.
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The most common changes usually involve stool color, consistency, frequency and how much control you have over when you go to the bathroom.
Stool color varies, but it&#;s typically some shade of brown, depending on the foods you eat. A temporary color change from brown is likely harmless and diet-related. Small amounts of bright red in your stool usually mean rectal bleeding, which may or may not be serious, depending on the cause. Unusual color changes that don&#;t clear up (like deep red, black and tarry, clay-colored or pale stools) are signs you should see a provider.
Stools should be solid, soft and pass easily. Hard, dry stools that are tough to pass are a sign of constipation. Loose, watery stools are a sign of diarrhea. Both constipation and diarrhea are common and usually clear up within a few days. Constipation or diarrhea that lasts longer than two weeks isn&#;t normal. It&#;s time to see a provider at that point.
The normal length of time between bowel movements varies from person to person. Some people have bowel movements several times a day. Others only go once or twice a week. A general rule is that going longer than three days without pooping is too long. After three days, stool becomes harder and more difficult to pass. You may need to take steps to spur your gut into action so you can poop.
You should be able to control the muscles in your gut that allow you to poop or hold it. Loss or lack of control is called fecal (bowel) incontinence. It&#;s more common as you age. It&#;s important to see a provider if you lose control over your bowel.
Since the introduction of the flush toilet more than 100 years ago, we've been going about our business in basically the same way: sit, go, flush. A few years ago, a Utah family decided to update that old- fashioned way. They invented the Squatty Potty, a stool that raises your knees above your hips to put you into a squat-like position when you poop.
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Squatty Potty's inventors say squatting moves your colon into the ideal position to go without straining. This and similar posture-changing devices claim they can help you go more easily and avoid constipation. Evidence suggests they do work.
First, a little primer on how the digestion process works. As food moves from your stomach to your small intestine, digestive juices break it down. Digested nutrients move through the wall of your small intestine into your bloodstream. Leftover waste mixes with water in your large intestine to form stool.
Stool stays in your rectum -- a collecting chamber at the end of your large intestine. A U-shaped muscle called the puborectalis wraps around your rectum. This muscle keeps the lower part of your bowel bent to hold the stool inside until you're ready to go. It works much like a kink in a garden hose that prevents water from getting out. The slight bend in your colon stops you from letting go and having an accident.
When it's time to have a bowel movement, your rectum contracts. The puborectalis muscle relaxes, and you push to release the stool from your body.
While Americans and other Westerners have always sat on the toilet, people in Asia and Africa squat when they go. In these cultures, people consider squatting to poop a more natural position than sitting.
The problem with sitting is that it keeps the kink in your lower bowel. That forces you to work harder to push out the poop. Squatting relaxes your puborectalis muscle more and straightens out your colon, giving the poop a straight route out. As a result, you can go more easily with less straining.