Question by : What does this indicate about my diet/health?
(I’m not trying to be foul here, this is a serious question)
Quite recently I’ve found that my faeces have started to float on the water in the toilet. Some of them sink but the majority float on the surface and it often takes 4-5 flushes before they all eventually go through the U-bend. Is this a sign of a health problem or a bad diet?
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Answer by izzy
In some cases, floating stools are caused by the excess amount of gas in the intestine. This can be due to a change in the diet or gastrointestinal infections. It can be the presence of gas that makes the stools float.
Mal-absorption of nutrients and fats may also lead to floating stools with diarrhoea. Excess levels of fat in the stools (steatorrhea) can happen due to mal-absorption. In this case, the stools may be foul smelling too. It may also happen that the bacteria in the intestine act on the excess nutrients in the faecal matter and release more gas, which in turn makes the stools float.
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