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Parasites in stool?
I’ve been having sharp pains in my mid abdominal region. Usually I know this means I will have loose stools. My stool was very watery. As I was about to flush I noticed some floaters. I collected a few to get a better look. I do not recall eating any food or substance that would be this small or with similar characteristics. HOWEVER, recently cooked ground venison that was prepackaged. I cooked it well and I inspected it before cooking too. My boyfriend says he is fine and he eats what I eat. What could this possibly be? And where should I drop off my specimen so I can r/o parasites? The white little beads are soft and the contents inside are white. I feel like these are way too big to be parasitic eggs but I’ve never had them before. Please help.
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I eat venison every year and have never seen those things you posted.
Take to your Dr. and have the lab inspect them. Dr. will more than likely send them off somewhere else. Very curious to know what they are. They almost look like white corn or humus. Good luck and please follow up.
Lori
Has anyone done the cologuard? I had a positive result so waiting for a colonoscopy.
Hi Debra,
Yes, I did a cologuard test hoping to avoid a colonoscopy as I didn't "clear out" on the last colonoscopy, likely due to my significant redundant colon.
However, that cologuard test came back positive and I had a colonoscopy anyway. My colon was normal. No polyps (I have never had any). They took 3X as long for the colonoscopy (60 mins rather than 20 mins), as they wanted to check as best they could, given that I still had not cleared out my colon, likely due to its redundancy, even with using an amped-up preparation procedure.
For now, I am on a once every three years colonoscopy schedule.
I don't know why my cologuard came back positive. I could guess it was inflammation (a little blood from that) due to my difficult-to-manage IBS-C, but I am not sure.
Thank you for your reply. I'm hoping maybe it was my aspirin or something insufficient that affected the test but going to schedule a colonoscopy tomorrow. I see there's a virtual colonoscopy but don't think that's available in my area
I think you have to go through the exact same prep for a virtual colonoscopy and then if they see anything like polyps, you may have to have a real one still. They always want to get the polyps out and most folks past a certain age have a few if they eat a typical American diet. So it is good you are getting the best one.
I don't find the prep hard other than the feeling of depravation from the liquid diet, but I play a mind trick for that. I make and place every possible soda/soup/jello/coffee on a tray and take sips/bites of them all for each meal.
Good luck! Let me know how it goes if you would like 🙂
I will and thank you for the advice and encouragement
Colonoscopy is scheduled for December 7th. Will let you know how it goes. 😃
Good -- not too far away and before the end of the year 🙂
I know it's a lot of laxatives..2 duxulax...64ounces of miralax..is that the norm? 😆