Feces

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Contents 1 Laboratory 2 More General Terms 3 Additional Terms 4 References

Laboratory

• Normal stool volume:

• < 200 mL (200 g)/day in USA
• 400 mL/day in rural Africa
  

• Normal stool fat: < 7 grams/day
  
• Normal stool protein: < 2.5 g/day (protein nitrogen)
  
• Normal stool composition:

• 65-80% water
• Na+ 40 meq/L
• K+ 90 meq/L
• Cl- 15 meq/L
• HCO3- 30 meq/L

More General Terms

• waste product

Additional Terms

• constipation
• culture of stool for enteric pathogens
• diarrhea
• fat in feces
• fecal incontinence (anal incontinence, bowel incontinence)
• fecal leukocytes
• urobilinogen in feces

References

Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 291

feces (stool)