What Can You Tell About Your Health from Your Stool?

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What Can You Tell About Your Health from Your Stool?

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The stool routine is the most basic and common clinical test. It is one of the three major routine tests, along with blood and urine. Common abnormalities in stool routine include: black stool – indicating upper gastrointestinal bleeding; bloody stool – rectal or anal bleeding; purulent and bloody stool – dysentery or colonic bleeding; clay-like stool – bile duct obstruction. Under the microscope, worm eggs – infection with digestive parasites. Red and white blood cells under the microscope – enteritis……