A Very Delicate Question, Not For the Faint Hearted

Lilja · Post by **Lilja** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:26 am

Hi all,

I apologize for this direct and very private issue. My English may be okay, but I don't know how to express myself in a polite and discrete manner in a foreign language..

I have noticed something weird, that I don't understand.

I see myself as being "in remission", but I can't help looking at the toilet paper every time I visit the bathroom. It has become a habit, or a compulsive act, you might say...

From time to time, there are tiny, tiny black grains on the paper; at the size of 1/10th of a pinhead, like grinded pepper. This occurs the days when I don't feel quite well, and I have loose stools. On days when I feel perfect, the poop comes in one piece, and these "grains" are absent from the toilet paper.

I've seen this mentioned in some other post, but I don't remember who wrote it.

Does anyone know what it is, and have any of you experienced the same?

Lilia

PS: After having posted this, I have been searching the internet. Some say these specks are hookworm eggs.

mcardle3 · Post by **mcardle3** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:00 pm

I hope you find the answers. Do you have other symptoms of hook worms?

The only colors I see when I wipe tend to be yellowish/green and red...very Christmas'ey I suppose.

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:23 pm

Hi Lilia,

"Coffee grounds" poop can be a sign of upper GI bleeding (like from an ulcer). You might want to have it tested to make sure it is not blood.

Polly

ldubois7 · Post by **ldubois7** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:40 pm

Black specks can also be from oxalates. There's a great yahoo group called...trying low oxalates, that can help you figure out if that's an issue for you!
Good luck!

Lilja · Post by **Lilja** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 2:30 am

Yes, "coffee grounds poop" is a good description.
I'll have to check it further.

Thank you

Lilia

Lilja · Post by **Lilja** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:56 am

Hi,

I have taken a stool test, and there was no blood in stool.

Lilia

Post by **tex** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:21 am

That's a relief.

Thanks for the update.

Tex

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:38 am

I see what you describe pretty often. I haven't been alarmed by it, figuring it's something I ate, or maybe even leftovers from supplements I take.

Lilja · Post by **Lilja** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:55 am

I suspect blueberries

Lilia

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:08 am

Yes! Blueberries!! I often put them in morning smoothies.

:poopbanana:

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:01 am

I have also had this off and on

Kate0129 · Post by **Kate0129** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:20 am

I've had that too, i don't know what it is......along with other foreign stuff i can't figure out.