Name: ________michael agboola______________________________ Group:3f

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BRISTOL STOOL SCALE

1. Look for the translation of stool.

heces

2. Make a little research and explain, with your own words, what is the Bristol stool scale and
what information can it provide. Remember to cite the references you use!

Is diagnostic tool that they used wich type of problem of the digestive system they have so
they use a bristol tool scale

medicalnewstoday

3. Complete the following table about the Bristol stool scale. Cite any reference you use:

Type Drawing Description What does it indicate?

Separate hard lumps Very constipated

Lumpy and sausage Sightly contispated

A sausage shape with cracks in the normal

surface
3

Like a smooth soft sausage and like normal

4 a snake
 Name: ________michael agboola______________________________ Group:3f
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soft blobs with clear cut edges Lacking fiber

5

Mushy consistency with raged Inflammation

edges
6

Liquid consistency with not solid Inflammation and diarrhea

pieces
7

4. Think what you would suggest to a person with type 1 stool. And to a person with type 7?

to the person type 1 I would suggest him to drink water and to consume fiber and
to the person type 7 to drink plenty of fluids
to maintain the hydration

5. Now, make an infographic about the different colors of faeces. You have to include
drawings and very synthetic information about possible causes. Remember to cite the
references