The Cause of Mushy Bowel Movements

This occasional bowel movement can be troublesome and often make people wonder if there is something wrong with them. The perfect bowel movement is solid form fecal matter that exit's without strain and is brown in color. There are many reasons why a bowel movement can change in appearance and texture. When a bowel movement Is mushy its due to the water not being removed while in the intestines.

Bowel movements can change due to dietary changes, illness or underlying health problems, mostly commonly problems dealing with the gastrointestinal tract. Irritable bowel system is defined by problems of chronic diarrhea and or constipation. This can include bouts of mushy bowel movements that are classified also as pasty bowel movements that are hard to clean the rectal area after one has finished defecating.

Mushy bowel movements can also be caused by high intakes of protein. Trying to alter your dietary intakes of certain foods may reverse mushy bowel movements. If your problems are not related to a disorder eating a well balances meal with enough fiber can correct bowel movement problems.

Look for other tails that something may be wrong. Look for other consistency issues, mucus or blood in the stool, are the edges of the stool rounded or jagged. These problems can also be signs you need to share with your health care provider.

Prior to going to your health care providers it's important to log your dietary intake, how many bowel movements you have per day with description of any abnormal bowel movements, include any cramping or pain you may experience during a bowel movement. These types of gastrointestinal journals can help your doctor pin point the items that may be disrupting your gastrointestinal tract. It also helps you keep track of what is happening to your body on a day to day and keeping your memory fresh on points you want to share.

The consistency of stools is due to how the intestines work. Food and digestive juices start in the small intestines all the nutrients will be absorbed, the stool will then travel through the large intestines where all the water is absorbed. Depending on the functionality of the large intestines this will produce stool that is either to hard leading to constipation or to watery leading to diarrhea. When the proper amount of water is absorbed our body produces stool that is between a soft and solid state and considered a normal bowel movement.

This article is not intended to be a substitute for the normal care under your health care provider and is presented to the reader as information only.

Source:

The American College of Gastroenterology: Function of Bowel Disorders

Medhelp: Ongoing Bowel Trouble