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Bowel motions - suddenly become floating

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Pato
Pato

About a month ago I started to have bowel motions that float rather than my normal sinkers. I have not changed my diet and generally feel well. What could be a possible explanation?. Should I be worried?.

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  • trex
    trex

    Posted

    usually caused by greasy / fatty food, other than that its nothing to worry about
  • Pato
    Pato

    Posted

    Thanks trex for your comments. After 5 weeks of this I appear to be getting back to normal. I do not have greasy or fatty foods so it had me puzzled. My GP sent me for a blood test on Monday and I am awaiting the results. I also suffer from IBS so it may be connected, but if so, it is the first time in 30 years of IBS that this has occurred.
  • jjeremy
    jjeremy

    Posted

    Hi Pato, bowel motion increases of some kind of foods only. I don’t know exactly. I hope you will feel better soon.

    Jeremy

  • Pato
    Pato

    Posted

    Thanks Jeremy. I am taking a note of my food intake and perhaps I will find out which food is problem.

    My blood tests came back ok, so I am really no further ahead. There are plenty of people worse off than me so I am not too worried but just curious about the cause. Cheers.

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