Health Promotion & Maintenance: Elimination: Bowel (general)

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What will excessively fatty stool be like?

LARGE, pale, foul-smelling, greasy

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Name 3 type of parasites abnormally found in stool.

Roundworm, tapeworm, pinworm.

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What are large, pale, foul-smelling, greasy stools called?

Steatorrhea

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What does occult blood in feces mean?

Bleeding somewhere in the GI tract

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Are fats a normal constituent of feces?

Yes, but it should be WNL (within normal limits)

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A decrease n urobilin in stool results in a stool that is _____ _______.

clay-colored

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Name 2 things for which stool specimens are tested.

Occult blood, fat, ova an parasites.

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Is blood a normal constituent of feces?

No

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What is melena?

A black, tarry stool indicating GI bleed.