YELLOW POOP AND UNDIGESTED FOOD!! NEED HELP
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I have been pooping yellow stool for a month now from 14th of December until tonight (13th of January)... It has been a mixed of soft solid, and soft served (ice cream) consistency. It has been on dark yellow to golden yellow. Never light yellow. It was only one time where I pooped a normal regular brown poop Also, for a month, most of my poop has been undigested food. I have been primarily eating rice, spinach, and long bread. And I always drink water and rarely any carbonated drinks or soda. Although, I have drank 3 shots of vodka on the 31st of December. And on 11th of January I had drank a normal glass of cocktail (Rockstar and rhum).
A few background. On the first week of December, I was taking Amoxicilin with paracetamol for a week because my molars got infected. Then, from 21st of December until January 5th, I was taking Doxycycline since I had an STD scare. I did not take anymore medicine from that night onwards except for vitamin c supplements. Is this normal for me to have yellow poop and undigested food as a side effect of the antibiotics or should I have it checked?
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soapbubbles weizhou60765
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my stool is usually yellowish brown colour, i have ibs. nothing to be concerned about. as for you, the undigested food could be food your body just isnt sitting right with. have you been tested for celiac disease? it tends to cause the body to poop out lots of undigested food. the yellow colour could be bile seeping out if youre having issues with your gallbladder or liver. if it has a very bad odour to it i would see your doctor or if you have pain associated with it. its relatively common to have poop thats yellowish in colour, could be normal. but since your pooping out food i would highly reccommend you get checked out, especially for celiac disease.
soapbubbles weizhou60765
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indigestion is also a side effect of antibiotics. Maybe give it a few days to see where it goes and then see a doctor.
weizhou60765 soapbubbles
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it has been 9 days since my last antibiotic pill... has become too long? also, i'm having a std test anxiety and started going to the gym... does this relate to the color of my poop? i will go to my doctor this friday if I still poop yellow. It will be more than a month now. now, i'm getting anxious over this too.
sam18386 weizhou60765
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hi weizhou, it sounds like you have some difficulty with your bowel that needs sorting. this sounds like more than antibiotics but i am no expert. any bowel changes need reporting to your doctor as it may have an underlying cause. before this were your bowels ok, whatever the answer it may answer your question without you seeing anyone. it sounds though like your bowel is working too hard maybe. if it helps my bowel has gone in to overdrive after 2 lots of different medication that didn't agree with me, so it can happen! good luck.
weizhou60765 sam18386
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Yes, my stools were perfectly fine before I took amoxiciline and doxycycline... It has been a perfect brown and firm poop. But since I December my poop has been yellow... There are some times where I poop diarrhea, but most of the time, they were kind of melted ice cream to soft served consistency. Can the coloring be an effect of my anxiety and stress due to the blood test STD scare or should I go to the doctor immediately. I just pooped 10 minutes ago, and it is now brownish yellow color but it has still the same soft served consistency and some unprocessed food...
sam18386 weizhou60765
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hi there, it sounds like your medication is making your bowel sore and poorly. how long have you taken it for and can you speak to your doctor about swapping it. i had massive problems with Doxycycline, i hallucinate on it!
weizhou60765 sam18386
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i finished my amoxiciline on the first week of December. i took it for a week. then from December 21 to January 5, I took doxycycline every 12 hours. I started on the night of December 21 and finished on the morning of January 5. After i finished taking Doxycycline, I pooped brown normal stool once or maybe twice. But most of the time after January 5, i poop dark yellow to golden yellow with unprocessed food like spinach. I have been anxious and stressed lately because I think that I had my std test too early. Does the yellow stool color related to my anxiety and stress? or should I go to the doctor as soon as possible? i will have my std test this Friday and I'm planning to tell my tummy problems to the doctor the same day or is it too late already?
pippa58442 weizhou60765
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Try a food diary to see what foods are not digesting well and avoid those foods. Yellow stools can be caused by food moving through you too fast Antibiotics can strip away good back bacteria and disturb the gut so you should try yoghurt to restore good gut flora. However, you should see your doctor to get tests, diagnosis and treatment.
weizhou60765 pippa58442
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I have started eating yogurt again for 3 days now. Hopefully, my tummy will get back on its track again. This Friday, I will go to the doctor, I hope that everything will be ok by then.
pippa58442 weizhou60765
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Best of luck.
weizhou60765 pippa58442
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i went to the Doctor last 17th of January and she deducted that my yellow stool might be from the antibiotics but it has been almost two weeks since then. She then prescribed me to drink some probiotics (sach bourdii?) for ten days. It has been 4 days but my stool colors is still the same. do you know how long does the digestive system get back its natural biotics?
pippa58442 weizhou60765
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Sorry, I don't know how long the gut takes to rebuild good bacteria; that's a question for your doctor. However, generally, you need to be on probiotics for 4 weeks before you can judge whether or not there has been any improvement. Ten days is not enough time; your doctor should know this.I doubt you will be able to tell anything after only four days either. Persevere for a month.
sam33225 weizhou60765
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two months after co amoxicillin i had started getting extreme bloating and abdominal pain with loose stools. i stopped antibiotics after 3 days but i developed IBS. Since then i had terrible weeks with abdominal pain and loose stools. going Fodmap diet and glutenfree i have much less symptoms but my stool has become more yellow but also firmer. no loose stools! yellow stools are a sign of IBS. sometimes i did also have mucus.