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Little Balls For Bowel Movement

adambryant

By adambryant
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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adambryant
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Hi, sorry about the horrible topic but I've just been concerned with a lot of things recently. I have been gluten-free for about a week and a half, and a lot of my symtoms have decreased, no bad flatuence, not so bad bloating etc. When I wasn't gluten-free I had VERY bad bowel movements (sometimes not even 1 a week!) Now I'm on it they're a LOT more regular, bit a lot of it is hard little marble types but loads of them! I've searched it on the internet and some sites said it can be a sign of your colon/intestines clearing after bad constipation (as its been there a while and its turned hard and into balls). Can this be true?

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GottaSki
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Yes, small hard balls is typical with constipation. You have improved iin one week, so I'd expect you to continue improving.

For now drink as much water as possible.

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adambryant
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Cheers:)

shadowicewolf Proficient
shadowicewolf
Posted

Ugh, yes, that has to do with "c', no fun no fun.

adambryant Explorer
adambryant
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Can it be the clearing of colon+intestines? What I've read about suggests it could be(especially as gluten damages intestines)

shadowicewolf Proficient
shadowicewolf
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no, that is a "C" trait. What happens is the colon continues to absorb the water in it changing it from the normal type poo to small little balls. So basically it dehydrates it.

frieze Community Regular
frieze
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try to increase your vegetable intake. and water.

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adambryant Explorer
adambryant
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Ok thanks, atleast its better than not even 1 a week before going gluten free!

GFinDC Veteran
GFinDC
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The colon absorbs water from the "stuff" as it sits . So the longer it sits the more water is absorbed. And eventually you get "poo-crete". Don't worry too much about it, just get plenty of water and keep far away from gluten. Dairy may be a problem right now too. Anything that irritates your gut can cause it to move slowly and cause C.

adambryant Explorer
adambryant
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Ahh I see, thanks a lot.

nvsmom Community Regular
nvsmom
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"poo-crete"

:lol: LOL :D Poo-crete...snort. LOL

We call them rabbit pellets in my house. :P

GFinDC Veteran
GFinDC
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Eww, glad I am not a rabbit then! :) Deer make similar pebbles and so do moose. I hope Adam isn't turning into a moose... :)

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Framefunnyfarm
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The colon absorbs water from the "stuff" as it sits . So the longer it sits the more water is absorbed. And eventually you get "poo-crete". Don't worry too much about it, just get plenty of water and keep far away from gluten. Dairy may be a problem right now too. Anything that irritates your gut can cause it to move slowly and cause C.

I agree completely!!

adambryant Explorer
adambryant
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Hahaha! I hope I'm not turning into a moose either!!!!

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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We call them rabbit pellets in my house. :P

Yep . . . we had rabbit pellets here as well . . . and no rabbit in sight.

The GI actually put my daughter on Miralax for awhile to get things moving but it sounds like you're making pretty good progress without that kind of "help".

mushroom Proficient
mushroom
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I refer to them as bunny scat. I once knew a "head of household" who decreed that two sheets of tp was the maximum allowed. I said I bet he shat bunny scat. Never heard of the big D!!

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Darn210
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I said I bet he shat bunny scat.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

nvsmom Community Regular
nvsmom
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:lol: :lol:
adambryant Explorer
adambryant
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Yeah things seem to be improving! (Fingers crossed!!)

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