Stool ball. What's going on?

Stool ball shape may be related to constipation, intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal dysfunction and other reasons.

1, constipation

stool will stay in the intestinal tract for a long time, resulting in a large amount of water absorption, so that the stool becomes more dry and hard, may appear spherical.

2, intestinal obstruction

If part of the intestinal obstruction, stool will be squeezed when passing through the obstruction, thus forming spherical substances.

3, gastrointestinal dysfunction

will affect intestinal motility, resulting in stool staying for a long time, discharge can be spherical, the mechanism is more similar to constipation.