How to take samples for stool test?

1, go to the hospital or community medical institution to get the feces collection container;

2. Use the collector (spoon or wooden stick) in the container to collect the stool the size of broad beans;

3. If there is purulent blood in the feces, take the purulent blood. Water-like feces need to be sent in containers, and be careful not to touch the sewage in the toilet.

4. When checking whether there are parasites in the intestine, take a small amount from various parts of the feces.

Extended data

First, if there is often occult blood, in addition to hemorrhoids, there may be gastrointestinal bleeding caused by cirrhosis, ulcers, gastrointestinal malignant tumors, etc. So we must pay attention to it and go to the hospital for examination in time.

Second, the stool is too thin or too hard for a short time, which is not normal. It may be food poisoning, acute gastroenteritis, pseudomembranous enteritis and so on.

Third, people with mucus or purulent blood in their stools may suffer from enteritis, ulcerative colitis, colon cancer, rectal cancer, dysentery and so on. , need to check in time, timely treatment.

Fourth, if the stool suddenly becomes thinner, or it is difficult to go to the toilet, it is likely to be rectal cancer, because rectal cancer will lead to narrowing of the rectum and difficulty in defecation.

5. If the stool is rice soup or milky white, it is generally suffering from cholera and needs to be isolated and treated in time.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-stool examination