Update... Still getting yellow balls in stools [with images]
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Hello everyone,
If you've seen my previous discussion from last year, you will know I was having problems with undigested food, strands of fibre and these yellow balls in my stool.
After eliminating dairy and going vegan once again, the symptoms cleared up for a bit. However, after a couple months, the strands of fibre and yellow balls have come back!
I'm once again worried about these yellow balls - they're a bit hard to touch, but squidgy and semi-solid in the middle (it's not sweetcorn - the balls are bigger, plus I haven't eaten any in the past week to rule this out anyhow). They appear more so when my stools are harder but can also appear in soft stools.
Is anybody experiencing similar symptoms or does anyone have any ideas about what these could be?
Pictures are below.
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Weemoose randomuser333
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did you find out what it was, i had similar.. and feel bloated, i had constipation but doctor has gave me fibregel.. im passing in the morning but i have a swelling on my left side .. ive had the poop test n urine n blood test n came back fine
angelagodbout randomuser333
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I have these balls all of the time. I do not have IBS or a gallbladder but I do have liver disease. I have noticed that I don't really digest food very well anymore but these balls are definitely not food. I have never mentioned this to my doctors, but now I'm thinking that maybe I should. Are you still getting them and/or have you found out anything?
angelagodbout randomuser333
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I have these balls all of the time. I do not have IBS or a gallbladder but I do have liver disease. I have noticed that I don't really digest food very well anymore but these balls are definitely not food. I have never mentioned this to my doctors, but now I'm thinking that maybe I should. Are you still getting them and/or have you found out anything?
shawna10282 randomuser333
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Those are cholesterol stones
giselle22370 shawna10282
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thats what i suspect
kevin53623 randomuser333
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I’m having the same thing with me my stool is either covered in green yellow and orange mucus but it also has these yellow corn light pieces and then these other hard thing I wish I took a picture of my feces last night to show you because it was crazy but I didn’t take a picture but here’s a picture of some of the things that are in my stool I also have extreme stomach pain sometimes it feels like it’s in my chest like my heart or something I get the worst headaches the bottom of my feet hurt my hands and feet go numb sometimes I’m dealing with this for six months and it’s the worst constant pain and nausea
murielle67106 randomuser333
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hello everyone . I am 18 years old and I have been diagnosed with PCOS 2 years ago so I've been taking glucophage also known as metformin for approximately 2 years . Recently , 2 months ago I started to see yellow more like oval thing and like gelatine in my stool so I think it's because of the medication too but I am going to take a stool test to be sure what this is .
Kutie411 randomuser333
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I have just started seeing these in my stool also i dont know what they are or whats causing them i recently did a colon cleanse and nothing came out except the water solution i was prescribed
kristy61502 Kutie411
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tapeworms?
Kclala randomuser333
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I am experiencing the thing in soft stool for the past two days. Different from what I had before.
derpla randomuser333
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I'm so glad you posted a photo. This is exactly what mine look like. I have had IBS about 4 years now. I had never experienced these before until very recently, within say the last 2 months. I've seen them in both diarrhea and hard stools. I did have a colonoscopy around 3-4 months ago, but everything was okay. I don't know if the prep for that had anything to do with these suddenly appearing. I have been stressing about what these are as well but aside from this site/post, I have had a hard time finding any information online.
belinda65373 randomuser333
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When you pop them, are they rather hard like a thick plastic? I've been having these too.
Kutie411 belinda65373
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yes they are thick like plastic And sometimes have white round thing in the middle
june66551 Kutie411
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That sounds like a ghost tablet to me. I get these from my extended release medication.
mandy56203 randomuser333
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I made an account just to post here! Two days ago, I had pooped out the same thing. I have IBS, it's been noticeably worse in the last 1-2 months. It was square, bigger than a chickpea (didn't eat anything that looks anything remotely close to it) firm with crumbly white stuff inside. I saw comments about Pristiq, so I thought I'd mention that I'm on Pristiq aswell.
graceam1004 mandy56203
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i am also on pristiq and get the exact same thing in my stool. my gastroenterologist thought they were gallstones as i was also having gallbladder symptoms. i had my gallbladder removed in june. stopped getting them for awhile but now they are back.
it could be prestiq/ghost tablet but sometimes i get 10+ in my stool which makes no sense. Sometimes they are yellow and sometimes they are black/red.