Reddish/Orange Piece Of Poop In Diarrhea. Anyone Else Ever Have This Happen? (Photos Incld.)

Ugh great, now I'm even more worried..but I will call tomorrow & see if they can move my appt. up. June 8th was already the soonest they could get me in to my GP, so I'm not sure what they'll be able to do.. The Corona Virus has them booked out over a month right now. Thanks for your reply though.

If you can't get an appointment, the do a quick test kit, which you can purchase online for Bowel Cancer. Not saying it is that, but sometimes the stress or worry can make symptoms worse. You could get a response in a few days, then at least take those results to the doctors as a head start.

hi ali, sorry panic was the last thing i wanted you to do. coronavirus or not i just wanted your doctors to see you. good luck.

Yes I have been having issues with constipation prior to having diarrhea.. It was like my body completely flushed out my bowels/colon. I've thought it could be due to the meds, vitamins, probiotics or foods that I'm eating & that it's just a piece of food that didn't process/digest completely prior to having diarrhea..Or that it could be a sign of something more serious. I just don't really know, as I've only had it happen the 3 times over the last year & each time was when I had diarrhea too. I had also taken stool softeners to help with constipation prior to each incident too & they are the gel capsules, also really similar in color of this stool too. Not sure if that might be a contributing factor as well. There's no blood at all in any of my stools or diarrhea, color is normal brown- only concerning issue is the color of this one piece of stool each time, and it's always just one piece like this..the rest of my stool looks like normal stools or diarrhea. I'm just so perplexed by this, which has me worrying like crazy that it could be something serious. Waiting to hear back from my Dr.'s office to see if they can move things around & get me in sooner.

So first, I do take Caritin D for Allergies. I also took Excedrin for (menstral cramps). I take vitamins & supplements: B-Complex, Magnesium, Potassium & also recently started Fiber (gummies). I don't take ALL of them every day, but they are all taken in rotation everyday. I also drink a lot of PowerAde (red coloring/fruit punch).

Yes, I had been dealing with bouts of constipation, which is why I started taking the fiber supplements recently to see if that would help, so I could stop taking stool softeners-

The stool softeners are also a reddish-orange gel-pill form. I had taken every 3-4 days for a couple weeks, but it's been about 2 wks since I took the last one & stools were all normal in color when I was taking those too.

As for diet, I very first time this had happened, I had eaten a hot dog & then had diarrhea. I had figured unprocessed food that time. But then the 2nd time (2 days ago), I had eaten a cheeseburger w/ketchup, breaded fish filets, a frozen pizza. Then last night when it happened again, I had eaten pot roast, carrots, potatoes. I also notice that the 3 times this happened, I've also had dairy- which almost always messes with my stomach, but don't know how that would correlate either?

I actually came across another thread that had the exact identical stool (white powerdery type substance in center), but the outside color of theirs was a yellowish color, not this orange/reddish color.

My mom has had her gallbladder removed & thinks I need mine checked, which I'll be discussing with my DR. at upcoming appt. Due to the issues I seem to have whenever I eat dairy or certain foods, always bouncing between constipation or diarrhea, gas pain, stomach cramps from gas, etc. I also really thought IBS fit as the issue. THIS one thing is what has me so confused though, I don't know if drinking red colored drinks everyday could cause this or certain foods? Especially since there's no blood at all, just the color of the one piece of stool each time, and each time (3 total) it's happened when I've had diarrhea.

Sorry for the long response, I should've probably provided more details in my initial post. First time posting though,lol.

try and save what you took pics of and request your dr to have them tested

Thank you for the suggestion..unfortunately I disposed of it after taking photos, but if it happens again before my appt., I will save it & take it in with me.. I know it could be something as simple as food that didn't get digested/processed fully prior to bout of diarrhea or it could be a sign of something more serious..which is why I've been worrying myself sick over it.

ive been running myself into the ground for about 3 weeks worrying about colon cancer before my scope.

all it does is make everything worse and all your symptoms worse

try and find a way to calm down i know its impossible some times

I can tell you now-this has nothing to do with colon cancer (I work in omcology). this is almost certainly undigested food or meds, i would bet its the stool softener, as that was a red gel capsule, and since you had diarrhoea it didnt have time to digest. the reason your only seeing it if you have diarrhoea is because normally it would be fully digested or any remnants hidden in a formed stool.

all your symptoms sound very much like classic IBS to me. it is very normal for high fat and high fibre foods to trigger diarrhoea in ppl with ibs as they stimulate the GI tract to move, which in IBS causes an over reaction and everything comes out way to fast (diarrhoea)

leenie, i understand you know the symptoms of colon cancer well as i had it. but forgive me. for the last 3+ years after my colon surgery i have non stop been passing these egg type things. are you trying to tell me that for 3+ years its all because of what i eat? realize that after surgery, your eating habits already change with what can and cant go in your body. im now still passing these eggs although what were once red, are now green. i cant fully believe its due

to eating

its undigested pills i take Metformin that how that looks its not a parasite u have

its undigested pills i take Metformin & thats how it looks like beans or pods same as his pic one of your pills isnt digesting