While changes in bowel habits, including pencil-thin stools, can be a symptom, it's often linked to less serious issues. However, combined with other signs like blood in stool, weight loss ...
Colorectal cancer is on the rise in recent decades especially in young or those below 50 in the United States. Almost double the number of young adults under 55 are being diagnosed with colorectal ...
The stools will also change as your baby starts solids, becoming more firm and darker in color as a reflection of their change in diet. They may even contain whole bits of undigested food.
What’s most concerning is when thin stools are a new change that’s persistent, said Dr. Jeffrey Dueker, a gastroenterologist at UPMC and an associate professor of gastroenterology at the University of ...