How can you tell if your gut is healthy? Reminder: If there are no 4 abnormalities in the defecation, it means that it is very healthy

We all know that there is an extremely perfect digestive system in the human body, and the work that the digestive organs are responsible for is not just breaking, digesting and absorbing food.

　　At the same time, the remaining food residues will also become feces, which are excreted through the intestines and anus. Among all organs, it can be said that the intestinal tract is the organ that integrates digestion, absorption and metabolism.

　　In the eyes of many people, stool is the waste products produced by the body's metabolism. Although it is true that stool does not have any use value for the human body itself, but after all, its formation process in the body is quite complicated, involving multiple organs, especially its formation is completed in the intestinal tract. Therefore, whether it is the number of bowel movements, stool shape, color or smell, it can reflect the health of the body.

　　So the question is, what does healthy stool look like, and what indicators should be used to determine it?

1. Defecation frequency

　　From food to feces, it is not completed in just a few hours, it usually takes about 1-2 days. And the speed of digestion and absorption of different foods is different, so the frequency of stool excretion is not completely fixed.

　　From a clinical point of view, if a person develops his own unique bowel habits, the number of bowel movements is more than 3 times a week, and the stool is easy to pass and form, this is a healthy state .

　　On the contrary, if this defecation habit changes, such as multiple bowel movements in a day and less than 2 bowel movements in a week, this may be a signal of the arrival of intestinal diseases;

　　2. Stool shape

　　In the case of a healthy digestive system, the feces excreted by a person should be formed in a cylindrical, snake-shaped, and moderately soft and hard state.

　　If the shape of the stool has changed, such as passing watery stools, mucus stools, or if the stools are dry and appear as small lumps, the stools have flat or thin strips, and there are sunken marks or blood on the side of the stool Traces , etc., which are all manifestations of abnormal intestinal functioning.

　　In particular, the thinning of the stool has continued for more than 2 weeks without any relief , and it is necessary to seek medical examination immediately, which is likely to be caused by the formation of abnormal mass in the intestine;

3. Observe the color

　　In the case of a healthy gut, the feces excreted by people are yellow-brown due to the influence of bile. If the color of the stool has suddenly changed abnormally recently, especially the black tarry stool, but you have not eaten animal blood or black food recently, it is likely to be a signal of gastrointestinal bleeding .

　　Blood stays in the intestine for a long time, oxidizes, and then forms tarry stools, such as colorectal cancer, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis , etc., which may cause gastrointestinal bleeding;

　　4. Smell

　　In addition to the above three points, you also need to observe the smell of the feces. If the feces smell sour and foul , but the diet has been normal recently, this is probably caused by the decline of digestive function and indigestion .

　　In addition, if there is a rancid smell with a fishy smell in the feces, or the smell of rotting meat , especially the stench that appears together with mixed blood stools , this is likely to be a signal of bowel cancer and needs to be checked in time.

　　All in all, abnormal changes in stool should first be considered from the aspects of diet and medication.

　　If the diet has been normal recently, but the stool has changed abnormally, and the symptoms have not been relieved for several days, or the body is accompanied by other symptoms, such as abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, etc., this is a signal of the arrival of the disease, and you should seek medical examination in time. necessary.