What's the matter with less stool?

Small stool volume may be caused by unreasonable diet, drug side effects, constipation and other reasons.

1. Unreasonable diet

If the intake of food is too small, or the diet lacks sufficient cellulose and water, it will lead to a decrease in stool volume.

2. Side effects of drugs

Taking antidepressants, antipsychotics, antihistamines, etc. may cause constipation side effects, resulting in a decrease in stool volume. In addition, taking certain anti-tumor drugs, antibiotics, etc. may lead to intestinal flora imbalance, so that stool volume is reduced.

3. Constipated

patients due to poor defecation habits, anorectal diseases, nervous system diseases and other reasons caused constipation, will lead to reduced defecation frequency, defecation effort, hard or spherical stool, small stool volume, etc.