strange spongy white object in stool

WILDREDHEAD · Newbie Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 4

ok not to burst anyone's bubble, What you are talking about is a form of Steatorrhea. That is the result of fat malabsorption. If you are not eating a high fat diet , your problem is bigger the IBS! I know because I have Crohn's. I have had it for 11 years.

Now I want to clarify what I mean. If you have greasy stool, it is loose and you have to go a lot. It can have lumps that look like baby carrots or white beans it can even be as large as a chunk of raw peeled potato. It will have a foul smell float to the top of the water.

Shaden, if your Dr does not know what it is.. Then dear you need a new Dr. You need to be tested for a range of things. I am not saying you have Crohn's. There are other cause. If you google it, you will see all the different things it could be. So everybody that has this.... you really need to find a good GI Dr.

I am letting everybody know because I have been there. We are from Kansas. I did no get the proper diagnosis until I moved to Ohio. In Kansas, I was told It was depression, nerves, my diet then finally IBS. When we got to Ohio it was like a different country. I had a diagnosis within a month. What I did not have was proper treatment for several years. It did a number on my GI track. I had lots of scaring and lost of damage. So if you are having trouble with this and your dr has no idea what it is PLEASE FIND A NEW ONE!

This is my 2 cents worth. I hope everybody feels better soon Smile

WILDREDHEAD · Newbie Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 4

I am letting everybody know because I have been there. We are from Kansas. I did no get the proper diagnosis until I moved to Ohio. In Kansas, I was told It waok not to burst anyone's bubble, What you are talking about is a form of Steatorrhea. That is the result of fat malabsorption. If you are not eating a high fat diet , your problem is bigger the IBS! I know because I have Crohn's. I have had it for 11 years.

Now I want to clarify what I mean. If you have greasy stool, it is loose and you have to go a lot. It can have lumps that look like baby carrots or white beans it can even be as large as a chunk of raw peeled potato. It will have a foul smell float to the top of the water.

Shaden, if your Dr does not know what it is.. Then dear you need a new Dr. You need to be tested for a range of things. I am not saying you have Crohn's. There are other cause. If you google it, you will see all the different things it could be. So everybody that has this.... you really need to find a good GI Dr.
s depression, nerves, my diet then finally IBS. When we got to Ohio it was like a different country. I had a diagnosis within a month. What I did not have was proper treatment for several years. It did a number on my GI track. I had lots of scaring and lost of damage. So if you are having trouble with this and your dr has no idea what it is PLEASE FIND A NEW ONE!

This is my 2 cents worth. I hope everybody feels better soon Smile

WILDREDHEAD · Newbie Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 4

ok not to burst anyone's bubble, What you are talking about is a form of Steatorrhea. That is the result of fat malabsorption. If you are not eating a high fat diet , your problem is bigger the IBS! I know because I have Crohn's. I have had it for 11 years.

Now I want to clarify what I mean. If you have greasy stool, it is loose and you have to go a lot. It can have lumps that look like baby carrots or white beans it can even be as large as a chunk of raw peeled potato. It will have a foul smell float to the top of the water.

Shaden if your Dr does not know what it is.. Then dear you need a new Dr. You need to be tested for a range of things. I am not saying you have Crohn's. There are other cause. If you google it, you will see all the different things it could be. So everybody that has this.... you really need to find a good GI Dr.

I am letting everybody know because I have been there. We are from Kansas. I did no get the proper diagnosis until I moved to Ohio. In Kansas, I was told It was depression, nerves, my diet the finally IBS. When we got to Ohio it was like a different country. I had a diagnosis within a month. What I did not have was proper treatment for several year. It did a number on my GI track. I had lots of scaring and lost of damage. So if you are having trouble with this and your dr has no idea what it is PLEASE FIND A NEW ONE!

This is my 2 cents worth. I hope everybody feels better soon Smile

2findtheway · Newbie Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

Not to burst anyone's bubble - but WildredHead I disagree with your take on this. I believe that your doctor may have diagnosed YOUR condition, but if you carefully read through ALL of the posts, most of the people were discribing a tan, gray, or light brown bean shape with a white center in their stool. It is the same description to what is being described here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=_naiaUtPQ28C&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=lima+bean+stool&source=web&ots=8BG0dxGEQ5&sig=-6In0CkcropdpKo8waeeGcfhyRw

The one point in which I do agree with is to see another doctor. These doctors that are going for weeks and months without telling them what it is - can not a simple lab test tell them whether it's fat or casein protein? What's the hold-up?

This sounds a little different than your condition if you read carefully. But nevertheless - I would be interested in hearing some results from others on the board.

JUST A SIDE NOTE - keep in mind that IBS is an exclusionary diagnosis. This means that your doctors don't have an answer of what the problem is, so the medical community has come up with a "category" for your symptoms so they can give you comfort, pretend like they know what they are talking about, and so they can prescribe some drugs for it. IBS is not a disease. It’s a functional disorder or a way of just saying that the bowel doesn’t work, or function, correctly. REALLY???

giab63 · Newbie Joined: 24 Jan 2008 Posts: 5

I had my dr. appt yesterday and I took a sample in a baggie. At first she thought it was a pill casing from the glucophage I take. Then as we talked she asked about diet and looked at all the meds I am on. I didn't come away with an answer though. She said it looked like a mucus plug, whatever that is! She asked about me eating prunes or raisins, stuff like that. I told her I haven't eaten anything that looks like that. She told me not to worry about it.

However, I am starting to believe that it is from my diet. I have not been eating healthy since last fall. I've gained weight and my blood sugar numbers are up so I'm thinking it's kinda like the fat absorbing diet pills like Alli and because I am eating wrong and still taking all my meds that some how my body is ridding itself of this gooey fatty substance.

I am going to try and watch my diet more closely and see if dissappear! That's all the information I have for everyone. I know this wasn't much help but it's all I have.

Good luck!

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Do not worry. I had these football shape floating things in my stool for a couple of weeks. They were between 1/2"-3/4" long and betwen 1/4"-1/2" wide. They were white inside with the texture of cheese cake. I had these while I was having sandwiches for lunch made from processed potato bread. Now that I am back on my salad for lunch routine, these have disappeared. No problem---get over it. It is something you eat.

pamelamb · Newbie Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 1 Location: Florida

Hi. I recently god a bad stomach flu and passed a yelow gummy cemetrical "bean" that floated. I cut it open and it looked like it had a cottoney worm like thing that was white inside it. I just passed another one a few days later. What were your results with you tests? Thank you. I am glad I am not alone!

QuadW · Newbie Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

I am leaning more towards WILDREDHEAD as an answer to the truth on this matter. Reason being because of everything she listed was truth. Now both 2findtheway and WILDREDHEAD have wonderful points. Like most things in the medical world you can have symptoms that is simular up to that last deciding thing that determines the difference. I would suggest looking into the what better descibes you and take that information to the doctor. If your not getting the answer you seek and they think it is all in your head.... move on to another doctor.

TEA me personally have not been able to go back to the dr and have this properly diagnosed. But I have a lot of symptoms that mimic what WILDREDHEAD was saying. However as of lately I have been drinking lots of tea and the fatty stools left. NORMAL STOOLS once again!! They smelled and looked normal and without straining and tucks to soothe the aftermath. I stopped it for just a couple of days and today guess what was in my stool? A floaty yellowish/orangy sponge thing and it was floating around the nastier smelly mucus stool. So I am going to look more into WILDREDHEADS information and going to see what the dr thinks. Dont have insurance for a pathologist but I will see what my dr thinks.

Since MAY of 2007 we been asking the same question yet no one has a PATHOLOGIST's reading on the matter. We need answers. If those who have the means should and also post what they found so others can go to their drs and say hey.... I know what this is......

QuadW · Newbie Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

BTW what 2FINDTHEWAY also said was truth... but what I was saying is neither one should be eliminated.......but sought out for the truth. So take both ideas and look into them. Take what you learn to your dr. Just wanted to be clear on the whole who is telling the truth because both are.

WILDREDHEAD · Newbie Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 4

I did not ask any of you if you have had a colonoscopy? That is something that should be done. That is one way to tell if it is IBS or inflammatory bowel disease AKA Crohn's or ulcerative colitis. I asked my GI doctor last week and he said if they diagnosed you with IBS and have not done a colonoscopy, then they are just guessing.

I agree about the herbal tea. I have been drinking some tea I bought from a local coffee shop. It has helped. I have been taking Asacol and Steroids for about a month. One of the gals my husband worked with suggested this. I went in there looking for something to ease the effects of the steroids. I saw some tea for the GI track and it helped. I still have another 2 more weeks on the steroids. I really hate taking them. So if the tea works keep it up.

I really hope all of you get answers soon.

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