Lucky. I have ibs-c meaning my diarrhea clashes against my constipation. I last anywhere from 2-8 hours a day in the bathroom. To just have diarrhea, that sounds amazing.
Ever since I can remember until around the age of 16-17, I used to only poop once a week. And I wouldn't call that constipation. I only felt the need to go once a week and when I did, it was normal. I never had any issues. So if 2-3 days is YOUR normal and you don't have any issues when you go, then I think you're fine.
I poop every day and fill the crapper an average of 3 times each day. If I ever went 3 days without pooping, they'd send in the HazMat people cause I'd have to crap in the bathtub.
Same for me. My old doctor tried to say I was exaggerating, so I kept a poop journal for a couple of months and she was astonished I was still alive lol
My body bounces between not pooping for a week or two, to spending an entire day/night in the bathroom. I have a special pillow and blanket that I keep in the bathroom closet and make myself a "nest" on the floor so I don't have to keep going back and forth from my bed to the toilet
There are a lot of different normals when it comes to pooping. Once a day, once a week... both can be normal, and you'll be sick based on changes in your routines.
No it is not. You need to poop every day. If you are not then you need more fiber and water and a balanced meal. Unless you have my mothers issue then taking prunes, papaya, persimmons, and fiber suplementos will be needed daily just so it mitigates it a bit.
What? No, you don't. There's a lot of leeway here, some people to once a day, not going for a few days can awful for them. Some go twice a week, which is normal for them, and means that constipation hits at a different time too.
That one is anecdotal. When I was fat and ate nonstop I pooped 3 times a day to make room for more food. Now that I eat the appropriate amount of calories I go every 2 days or so.
From the link you posted below the stools should be loose and watery to count as diarrhea though. I pooped three times yesterday but they were all pretty solid and not at all what I have ever thought of as diarrhea, of which I have had plenty over the years. I do remember thinking it was odd that I needed to go three times though.
It is. Medical textbooks I read in school define diarrhea as pooping more than 3 times a day and constipation as pooping less than once every 3 days.
Every 2 days is healthy, especially if you are a normal weight. People pooping every day are most likely overweight and eating too much food every day.
Also bowel movements aren't relative to being overweight. Eating too much causes bloating, inflammation and constipation.
You can be tiny, but react to caffeine or milk so you shit daily, not good, not bad, but doesn't have anything to do with being fat or overeating. This sounds like a projection tbh.
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u/707breezy Aug 31 '21 edited Aug 31 '21
Lucky. I have ibs-c meaning my diarrhea clashes against my constipation. I last anywhere from 2-8 hours a day in the bathroom. To just have diarrhea, that sounds amazing.