Normal Bowel Movements?

[starlight1221]

Okay, I searched through some previous poop questions but I didn't see an answer to my question. My bm's are at the moment totally normal. I've been previously diagnosed through colonoscopy as IBS (have had issues since childhood) and I'm eating gluten out the wazoo (my story is down a few posts in "celiac questions" which has more questions I'd love answers to).

My bm's are a normal size and color and always sink. Occasionally they will have clear mucus in them (like every couple weeks or so), but only like 3 or 4 stools (and mucus is also a symptom of IBS and my sinuses are draining 24/7). They never stink, and it's not because I can't smell, because I definately can smell my parent's and it's rather shocking because when I was young they smelled a lot and now it's only once in a blue moon.

My question is, if you're celiac, do your stools *have* to either float, have mucus, not move right, or stink?

Thanks for answering this, and sorry for the grossness, even if you guys are used to it

[Guhlia]

Absolutely not! Some Celiacs are completely symptom free their whole life. Other Celiacs only get diagnosed because they developed colon cancer and it was discovered through all of the testing. It is 100% possible to have Celiac and not have any poop issues.

[radman]

I don't know what proportion the poop problems occur in, but I suspect a large percentage.

I for one had floating smelly loose BM's as just about my only symptom, and it goes away when I don't eat gluten.

[skoki-mom]

No they don't. I used to be very normal. I have had the opposite problem, I haven't had a normal crap in 7 months, ever since I went gluten-free.

[horselover]

Has anyone ever had blood in their poop as a symtom they have been glutened?