How The Bristol Stool Scale Can Help You Be A Better Bottom
Anyone who bottoms is concerned with cleanliness. Often it becomes an obsession that might stop you from doing the deed. One way to reassure yourself is to look at what is coming out of you to see if there is anything to worry about.
Enter the Bristol stool scale . With one look you can start seeing the health of your droppings and give you a better sense of whether you should, er, proceed with the proceedings.
The Bristol stool scale is a medical tool used to classify the form of human feces into seven categories. It is used in both clinical and experimental fields to help assess the effectiveness of treatments for various diseases of the bowel, as well as to aid in diagnosis.
The Bristol Stool Scale is a tool that was developed in 1997 to help assess and evaluate treatments for various bowel diseases. It is widely used by researchers to study the effectiveness of different treatments, and is also useful as a communication aid between clinicians and patients. The scale is particularly helpful in diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome.
There are seven types of stool, each with their own consistency and texture. Type 1 is very hard and difficult to pass, while type 7 is entirely liquid and watery. In between these two extremes are types 2-6, which range from being sausage-shaped to having ragged edges. The average stool would fall under type 4.
The seven types of stool are:
Type 1: Separate hard lumps, like nuts (difficult to pass)
Type 2: Sausage-shaped, but lumpy
Type 3: Like a sausage but with cracks on its surface
Type 4: Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft (average stool)
Type 5: Soft blobs with clear cut edges
Type 6: Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a mushy stool (diarrhoea)
Type 7: Watery, no solid pieces, entirely liquid (diarrhoea)
In the original study that this scale was based on, it was found that female subjects were more likely to have type 1 or 2 stools, while male subjects were more likely to have type 5 or 6 stools. Additionally, 80% of subjects who reported feeling like they had not fully emptied their bowels after defecation had type 7 stools. This and other data has shown that the scale is accurate.
The Bristol stool scale is a measure of the changes in intestinal transit time caused by medications, such as antidiarrheal loperamide, senna, or anthraquinone with laxative effect. The scale is used to study the response to two laxatives: Macrogol (polyethylene glycol) and psyllium (Plantago psyllium and other species of the same genus). The study showed that Macrogol was more effective than psyllium in reducing the number of bowel movements, stool consistency, and time to defecation. Psyllium was also associated with more difficulty in defecating and less consistent stool consistency.
Studies have found that the Bristol Stool Scale can be a useful tool for diagnosing and treating a variety of conditions, such as probiotics, moxibustion, laxatives in the elderly, and preparing Ayurvedic poly-phytotherapy. The scale can also be used to assess the response to physical activity in athletes.
The Bristol Stool Scale is a tool that was first proposed in England by Stephen Lewis and Ken Heaton. It is used to assess a person’s bowel movement patterns and transit time. This scale has been challenged by some as being limited in validity, but it continues to be used as a research tool to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments for various diseases of the bowel, as well as a clinical communication aid.