Discover the top common causes of yellow poop, including health conditions and dietary changes, according to a gastroenterologist. Plus, how to prevent yellow poop from happening.

Other tests require you to collect stool samples on more than one day. You then send the samples, in a special container and envelope, directly to your doctor's office for analysis with a ...

Your poop (stool) can reveal information about your health. Your diet can lead to typically temporary changes in poop color or shape, but so can a range of health conditions that cause poop to be pale ...

When you're chronically constipated, the passage of small, hard stools can make the rectum, anus, and colon extra sensitive. The same can occur with chronic diarrhea, particularly when you are ...

Treatment for bowel (colorectal) cancer can cause changes to how your bowels work. Changes can include how often you poo, how urgently you need to go, and difficulty emptying your bowel completely.

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD The meaning of your poop color can tell you a lot about your diet and overall ...

Medically reviewed by Shadi Hamdeh, MD Diarrhea is usually contagious when it is acute, meaning it comes on suddenly. Acute ...

The pathogens that cause diarrhea spread when stool from infected people comes into contact with new hosts, for example, through inadequate sanitation or by drinking contaminated water. Currently, the ...