Guest guest Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 When you say 'short', how short do you mean? Could it just be hair? I know mine has hair in it sometimes because I chew my hair when I'm stressed. West, shanwest@... 2010-05-29 ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: missyjroy Receiver: Time: 2010-05-29, 17:05:17 Subject: poop question/thread? >My son is having formed bowel movements, but every now and then there will be what looks like a few short " hairs " or " strings " on the outside of them. > >Could this simply be fiber (he does eat a lot of lettuce) or is it worms? How can I tell? The strings don't move around or anything, and don't appear to be alive. yuck. > >Thanks, > >Missy >missyjroy@... > > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 They look to be about an inch in length, on the outside, It doesn't appear to go through the poop, but I've never checked! I don't think he has intentionally chewed on his hair, but we do have lots of dog hair floating around our house! Thanks, > > When you say 'short', how short do you mean? Could it just be hair? I know mine has hair in it sometimes because I chew my hair when I'm stressed. > > West, shanwest@... > 2010-05-29 > ----- Receiving the following content ----- > From: missyjroy > Receiver: > Time: 2010-05-29, 17:05:17 > Subject: poop question/thread? > > > > > >My son is having formed bowel movements, but every now and then there will be what looks like a few short " hairs " or " strings " on the outside of them. > > > >Could this simply be fiber (he does eat a lot of lettuce) or is it worms? How can I tell? The strings don't move around or anything, and don't appear to be alive. yuck. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Missy > >missyjroy@... > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 the commonest worms are pinworms but they are much shorter than that (half a centimetre maybe), white and wiggle around. sounds like some sort of fibre to me Sally missyjroy wrote: > They look to be about an inch in length, on the outside, It doesn't appear to go through the poop, but I've never checked! > I don't think he has intentionally chewed on his hair, but we do have lots of dog hair floating around our house! > Thanks, > > > > > > >> When you say 'short', how short do you mean? Could it just be hair? I know mine has hair in it sometimes because I chew my hair when I'm stressed. >> >> West, shanwest@... >> 2010-05-29 >> ----- Receiving the following content ----- >> From: missyjroy >> Receiver: >> Time: 2010-05-29, 17:05:17 >> Subject: poop question/thread? >> >> >> >> >> >>> My son is having formed bowel movements, but every now and then there will be what looks like a few short " hairs " or " strings " on the outside of them. >>> >>> Could this simply be fiber (he does eat a lot of lettuce) or is it worms? How can I tell? The strings don't move around or anything, and don't appear to be alive. yuck. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Missy >>> missyjroy@... >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 my daughter has her hands in her mouth all the time these days i have just had to roll up our moroccan carpet because i kept finding wool fibers in her poop. she also had worms recently and we definitely saw one moving.  ________________________________ From: missyjroy <missyjroy@...> Sent: Sun, May 30, 2010 6:14:13 AM Subject: Re: poop question/thread?  They look to be about an inch in length, on the outside, It doesn't appear to go through the poop, but I've never checked! I don't think he has intentionally chewed on his hair, but we do have lots of dog hair floating around our house! Thanks, > > When you say 'short', how short do you mean? Could it just be hair? I know mine has hair in it sometimes because I chew my hair when I'm stressed. > > West, shanwest@... > 2010-05-29 > ----- Receiving the following content ----- > From: missyjroy > Receiver: > Time: 2010-05-29, 17:05:17 > Subject: poop question/thread? > > > > > >My son is having formed bowel movements, but every now and then there will be what looks like a few short " hairs " or " strings " on the outside of them. > > > >Could this simply be fiber (he does eat a lot of lettuce) or is it worms? How can I tell? The strings don't move around or anything, and don't appear to be alive. yuck. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Missy > >missyjroy@... > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 > My son is having formed bowel movements, but every now and then there will be what looks like a few short " hairs " or " strings " on the outside of them. If it looks like strings of melted cheese, that meant yeast here. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 What about if it looks grainy like it has sand in it? From: danasview <danasview@...> Subject: Re: poop question/thread? Date: Friday, June 4, 2010, 10:14 AM Â > My son is having formed bowel movements, but every now and then there will be what looks like a few short " hairs " or " strings " on the outside of them. If it looks like strings of melted cheese, that meant yeast here. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Could be Oxalates. My sons BMs are grainy/sandy when he's going through an oxlate dump. You might want to check out the Trying Low Oxalates group. Karla > > My son is having formed bowel movements, but every now and then there will be what looks like a few short " hairs " or " strings " on the outside of them. > > If it looks like strings of melted cheese, that meant yeast here. > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Hi Missy I'm no expert but the below links might be helpful. http://gfcfpoop.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default http://www.enzymestuff.com/rtstools.htm Kenny > > My son is having formed bowel movements, but every now and then there will be what looks like a few short " hairs " or " strings " on the outside of them. > > Could this simply be fiber (he does eat a lot of lettuce) or is it worms? How can I tell? The strings don't move around or anything, and don't appear to be alive. yuck. > > Thanks, > > Missy > missyjroy@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 > What about if it looks grainy like it has sand in it? Eating pears can cause this. Oxalates can cause this. Bad bacteria and/or die off can cause this. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 He eats pears every day. From: danasview <danasview@...> Subject: Re: poop question/thread? Date: Sunday, June 6, 2010, 11:20 AM Â > What about if it looks grainy like it has sand in it? Eating pears can cause this. Oxalates can cause this. Bad bacteria and/or die off can cause this. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Thanks to Karla, I think, I went to that other group, trying_low_oxalates and read what they had to say about grainy stools. That was the first time in 2 years anyone had any explanation for me. Even if you don't think the diet is for you, I'd recommend reading the info there about oxalates. We are trying the diet, slowly, and so far everything is on par with what other parents have experienced. Worth a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 ok thanks, I will. From: HLMPT4@... <HLMPT4@...> Subject: Re: poop question/thread? Date: Sunday, June 6, 2010, 12:56 PM Â Thanks to Karla, I think, I went to that other group, trying_low_oxalates and read what they had to say about grainy stools. That was the first time in 2 years anyone had any explanation for me. Even if you don't think the diet is for you, I'd recommend reading the info there about oxalates. We are trying the diet, slowly, and so far everything is on par with what other parents have experienced. Worth a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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