What Your Poop Type and Color Mean
Medically Reviewed by Minesh Khatri, MD on November 29, 2022
What’s Normal?
1/14
Type 1
2/14
Type 2
3/14
Type 3
4/14
Type 4
5/14
Type 5
6/14
Type 6
7/14
Type 7
8/14
Color Concerns
9/14
Brown
10/14
Green
11/14
Shades of Red
12/14
Black
13/14
Lighter Colors
14/14
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SOURCES:
Bladder and Bowel Foundation: “Bristol Stool Chart.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Constipation: 6 Ways to Unblock Yourself.”
Continence Foundation of Australia: “Bristol stool chart.”
Mayo Clinic: “Dehydration,” “Diarrhea,” “Stool color: When to worry.”
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
“Diarrhea,” “Treatment for Constipation.”
November 29, 2022
Medically Reviewed by: Minesh Khatri, MD
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