Appendix 19: The Poop Chart

the poop chart

separate hard lumps
1
type
(hard to pass)

sausage-shaped

2 but lumpy
type

(hard to pass)

like a sausage with

3 cracks on the surface
type

(easy to pass)
like a sausage,
4 smooth and soft
type

(easy to pass)
soft blobs with
5
type

clear-cut edges
(easy to pass)
fluffy pieces with ragged
6
type

edges, mushy stools

(easy to pass)

entirely liquid, no solid

pieces, could be drunk
7
type

with a straw!
(easy to pass)

fatty stool (steatorrhea):

a
subtype

floats, has a chalky color

and/or foul smell

b
subtype

undigested food particles

seen in the stools

adapted from the Bristol Stool Chart © Aglaée Jacob