[genny]

Can floating stools be a symptom or associated with IBS? Please help. Need answer before I go crazy or do something stupid.

 

[*Luna*]

I think it means they have a higher air content and/or are not as densely packed.

 

[*Luna*]

I think it means they have a higher air content and/or are not as densely packed.

 

[Kathleen M.]

Floating stools mean there is gas in them.Perfectly healthy normal people can have floating stools so they are not a specific sign of IBS or any other disease, disorder, etc.K.

 

[Kathleen M.]

Floating stools mean there is gas in them.Perfectly healthy normal people can have floating stools so they are not a specific sign of IBS or any other disease, disorder, etc.K.

 

[eric]

A higher fat content perhaps and trapped gas. It isn't really a symptom of IBS, just something that happens with what we eat sometimes.

 

[eric]

A higher fat content perhaps and trapped gas. It isn't really a symptom of IBS, just something that happens with what we eat sometimes.

 

[flux]

quote:A higher fat content perhaps

No, no, no

 

[flux]

quote:A higher fat content perhaps

No, no, no

 

[eric]

Sorry about the fat content my mistake.

 

[eric]

Sorry about the fat content my mistake.

 

[Jeff Blackmore]

Marilu Henner (the redhead on Taxi) wrote a whole book on stools and your health a few years ago. I know it's hard to believe, but maybe you could find it on google.com.

 

[Jeff Blackmore]

Marilu Henner (the redhead on Taxi) wrote a whole book on stools and your health a few years ago. I know it's hard to believe, but maybe you could find it on google.com.

 

[genny]

Ok, need help. Friend said "floating stools are definitely a sign of chronic pancreatitus." Does anybody know anything about this cp stuff?????

 

[genny]

Ok, need help. Friend said "floating stools are definitely a sign of chronic pancreatitus." Does anybody know anything about this cp stuff?????

 

[bobby5832708]

Genny,I don't know about 'chronic pancreatitis' but on me they usually signify I've eaten foods that produce excess gas. If I am 'talking' excessively thru my butt the night before, I'll usually have some floating poop in the morning. Buttered popcorn does it everytime.

 

[bobby5832708]

Genny,I don't know about 'chronic pancreatitis' but on me they usually signify I've eaten foods that produce excess gas. If I am 'talking' excessively thru my butt the night before, I'll usually have some floating poop in the morning. Buttered popcorn does it everytime.

 

[eric]

Genny, here is some info for you. I would not be to concerned about this really unlesss you were showing some other signs or syymptoms.Flux, thanks for correcting that. http://health.yahoo.com/health/dc/003128/0.html

 

[eric]

Genny, here is some info for you. I would not be to concerned about this really unlesss you were showing some other signs or syymptoms.Flux, thanks for correcting that. http://health.yahoo.com/health/dc/003128/0.html

 

[Jared]

Eric, when I went to that yahoo link and saw that it had an "images" link. I nearly fell out of my seat laughing hysterically. Thankfully, the images are just diagrams of the digestive tract

-- Jared