Whether male or female, the number of bowel movements in a day is closer to 'this number', the healthier, and how many of the recognized 'gold standard' do you account for?

One of the important indicators of good health is daily bowel movements. Normal bowel movements not only represent the normal operation of intestinal function, but also timely remove the junk toxins that are metabolized in our body every day.

However, many people are very distressed with bowel movements. Some people cannot have a bowel movement for several days, while others have several bowel movements a day. So what should poop look like? What should be the number of bowel movements per day?

Normally, how many times a day should we have a bowel movement? Maybe you can't think of an answer

For many, the answer to this question may be once a day. In fact, this number has a lot to do with everyone's physique, living habits and eating habits. Some people have only one bowel movement each morning, and some people have a bowel movement at night. Of course, some people have 2-3 bowel movements per day.

The fact that 1-3 bowel movements a day is normal, also reflects that your body is healthy from the side. If you haven't had a bowel movement for more than two days, you may be constipated. If you have a bowel movement 3.4 days or more a week and it's painful every time, don't doubt it. . Severe constipation.

The "gold standard" of stool is judged from these three aspects

One, the color

Normal stool color should be golden. When the color changes, we should first look at the length of the duration. If it is a temporary one or two days, it may have a lot to do with diet, but if the color change persists for a long time, we should be alert to whether it is caused by disease.

If the stool is white for a long time, it may be caused by a blockage of the bile duct;

If the stool is red for a long time, it may be caused by bleeding hemorrhoids;

If the stool is dark brown for a long time, it may be caused by gastrointestinal ulcers and tumors.

Second, the smell

Under normal circumstances, the smell of the stool we pull out will not be too smelly, if it does appear "stinking", in this case, we should consider the reason. The smell of feces is affected in two ways. One is what you eat. Compared to your normal diet, you often eat foods that are heavy in flavor, or high in fat and calories, which can make your stool smell bad.

Another factor is how long the stool stays in the gut. As we said before, under normal circumstances, you have 1-3 bowel movements per day, but if you have a lack of intestinal motility and let the stool stay in the intestine for a long time, it will continue to ferment, repeat absorption, but also lose water, so Feces are really "stinky and hard".

Third, the shape

Under normal circumstances, the stool should be as long as toothpaste, and there is no pain during the bowel movement. Whether the surface is smooth or not is normal, it is related to the food and the number of chews.

Of course, some people have unusual pain when their stools are pulled out, and the stools come out one by one, like sheep dung eggs, dry and hard. This should be because the stool stays in the intestine for too long, and the water is repeatedly absorbed by the intestine.

Another situation is that the anus is tingling during defecation, and the stool is sticky and sometimes bloodshot, which may be caused by chronic intestinal inflammation, and needs to go to the hospital for examination.