Oily

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Source: 3-year old SPD boy.

Style: First parts are formed but soft. Last part is mushy, unformed. I also saw black specs, white seed-like specs, some strings, and the pee looked oily.

Notes: Photo #1 is with the pee (note oily appearance and dark color of the pee). Photo #2 is after I dumped the pee out. This morning he all of a sudden started complaining that his penis hurt. We looked and couldn't find anything externally that looked "off" or different. It seemed to get worse and he was in a lot of pain. I was thinking maybe it was a urinary tract infection, but I called the pediatrician's office and they said it's very rare for a 3-year old boy to get a UTI. He was miserable. He wouldn't pee. He wouldn't get in the bath. Finally he fell asleep and slept for about an hour. When he woke up, he did this pee and poop. Once he was done with all this, he was back to normal.

Vitamin C, Magnesium Citrate

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Source: 6-year old girl, PDD-NOS/Aspergers, SPD, Receptive/Expressive Language Disorder, Anxiety, ADHD

Style: Formed and pretty soft. Fell apart when mom flushed the toilet

Notes: Mom reports: "Been working on eliminating yeast, for almost a month now, by giving 8 drops of Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) in AM and PM. She had been experiencing severe blockage/constipation about 3 weeks ago, most likely as a result of the die-off. Along with all her other supplements, she's now taking 200 mg magnesium citrate 2x/day, and 1,000 mg vitamin C 3x/day. She complained of a tummy ache associated with the poop, so it's probably time to cut back either on the C or magnesium."

Submitted by: Anna

Constipation, White Strings

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Source: 3-year old boy with "moderate autism." On GFCF diet and "tons of supplements."

Style: Little balls. Mom reports "tiny white string-like things in them."

Notes: Child is currently taking Diflucan for yeast and "has weird poops," says mom. "One day they are formed, the next day they'll be runny, and many days he doesn't have any at all (sometimes up to 3 or 4 days)." "I noticed they had tiny white string-like things in them," mom says, "so I called the pediatrician and made an appointment for tomorrow to discuss and pick up a pin worm test. (Better safe than sorry!) I'm not sure what they are but have 3 guesses: pin worms, yeast die off, or undigested rice crispy treats from last night...you tell me!"

Submitted by: Cyndi

Yeast Overgrowth?

Source: 3-year old SPD boy.
Style: Formed. Some "strings" in the middle. Some mucus bottom right.
Notes: I think strings and mucus could be indiciative of some yeast overgrowth. I gave him 1 drop of GSE after this. Child had missed a couple of days of biotin too, but he's back on it now.

Blueberry Skins

Source: 3-year old SPD boy.
Style: Formed.
Notes: I think the specs in there are blueberry or raspberry skins.

Eating Lots of Rice

Source: 3-year old SPD boy
Style: Formed. Bumpy. Type #2 on the Stool Chart.
Notes: Child had been eating lots of rice-based foods. I believe this made the poop more on the constipated (ie, balls) side rather than "smooth" edged.

Pale Colored

Source: 3-year old SPD boy.
Style: Formed.
Notes: Pale in color.

Formed & Fuzzy

Source: 3-year old SPD boy
Style: Formed, fuzzy (not the photo, but the poop -- as if it has fuzz on it)

Partially formed, partially mushy

Source: 3-year old SPD boy
Style: Partially formed, partially mushy. Two colors.
Note: Child was on antibiotics for strep when this photo was taken.

Formed, Dark

Source: 3-year old SPD boy
Style: Formed. #3 or so on the stool chart.
Notes: Has strep and has been on antibiotics for 2 days. First non-mushy poop in a while. Ate lots of rice today (constipating). Dark in color. First part to come out was little balls stuck together.
Contributed by: Tori

Formed, Dark and Light

Source: 3-year old SPD boy
Style: Formed
Notes: Two different colors. First dark then lighter. Noticeable pieces of something in stool.

Formed with Dark Part

Source: 3 year old SPD boy
Style: Formed
Notes: Dark part near top

Everything!

Source: 3 year old SPD boy
Style: First a very dark, hard ball, Then some formed pieces and a longer formed "tube," then mush on top ("cake batter")

Formed and Mushy Together

Source: 3 year old SPD boy
Style: Small formed pieces first followed by mushy "cake batter"
Notes: Brown flecks in the mush

Formed, Curved

Source: 3-year old SPD boy
Style: Formed, Curved
Notes: Brown/black flecks (blueberry peels? Anna's bread? oxalate dump?)