Changes in the feces are various, laboratory-determined indicators of the general analysis of feces, indicating a disorder in the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Macro- and microscopic deviations from the norm may indicate nutritional errors, gastritis, enteritis, colitis, pancreatic secretory insufficiency, diseases of the biliary tract. Changes in the feces are detected during the study of the coprogram. Depending on the root cause, a diet, enzyme preparations, and gastroprotectors are prescribed. In case of surgical pathology, surgical treatment is indicated.
The nature of changes in fecal masses in various diseases is extremely diverse. A change in the consistency, color, volume of feces may indicate a particular pathology. The violation of the functioning of the digestive tract can be indicated by the presence of foreign impurities in the feces: fat, mucus, fragments of undigested food, blood, pus.
A number of indicators can be determined exclusively by laboratory means. These are pH, reactions to occult blood, protein, stercobilin, bilirubin. Microscopic examination of feces can reveal the following changes:
These changes in feces indicate a violation of the digestive capacity of the gastrointestinal tract. They can have a variety of causes, which can only be established as part of a comprehensive clinical, instrumental and laboratory examination. If the nature of the fecal masses changes, it is necessary to pass a coprogram and consult a general practitioner for an interpretation of the result.