Sometimes about once a month for 3-5 days,
when I go to the bathroom.. I have very
small stools.. The size of an almond kind
of.. During this time.. There are small
white balls floating in the toilet..
Sometimes it even feels like ive passed a
stool.. And I have not. Just these very
small white balls. They are the size of
the candy nerds usually. They look like
they are soft and squishing. I do not
have anal sex.. Which was suggested to me
before, why I have them. I am affraid to
go to the doctor to ask about this. Is it
common? Does anyone have any information
on this type of situation?
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ScaredBaka
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 175
Posted: 10-03-04 00:26am
I experienced something similar some time
ago, sherawks. I wouldn't jump to this
conclusion just yet, but there's a
possibility you could have an intestinal
parasite. Don't worry just yet - the
parasite won't grow and burst out of your
intestine. It's a more or less harmless
little bug called giardia lamblia, and it
comes from...Well...From living
normally.
You can get it from slight impurities in
drinking water, or from not washing your
hands well enough. The main cause of this
parasite is from fecal matter coming in
contact with your mouth, which is why it
runs rampant in poverty-stricken countries
as well as day care centers and
campgrounds. But the chance of getting it
in this country (especially adults) is
pretty rare, with all our means of
purification and such.
But as I said, I wouldn't be too worried -
people who contract the bug may not know
they have it, so they don't need
treatment. You don't need to have this
thing treated, by the way - it will go
away eventually, and it won't cause any
life-threatening problems. The white
balls you saw were most likely fat
deposits or cysts from the stomach that
the parasite had created and you were
expelling them.
..........
If it's really really bugging you, at
least call your physician. And if they
treat you, it'll be nothing more than
antibiotics.
Good luck to you!
.....
And if you choose, you can go on a search
engine like dogpile or google and type in
"giardia lamblia symptoms" and it will
give you a list of everything.
..........
Scaredbaka
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sherawks
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 5 Location: canada
Hmmm Posted: 10-06-04 17:55pm
Well.... Just recently (3 weeks ago) our
small town had a boil water advisory.
Because it was contaminated, beaver fever,
also known as giargiasis or what have you.
Where I live with my boyfriend however,
we have our own well, from the river,
which isnt the same outtake as the city
water. But our well has sat, fairly
shallow, and uncovered for 8 years and we
have no treatment or filtration system on
it. He claims that he had had his water
tested prior to us gettting together and
it was not contaminated, and no one else
in our family is sick. I had drank the
water from my moms city water. But, I
have had these white balls.. For quite a
while. I have never really questioned it
till now. Is this the only possible
explination to white balls in the stool?
I have done extensive searching on the
disease you mentioned and it frankly seems
quite possible. Yet theres still a huge
grey area for doubt. I dont have any
symptoms of beaver fever now or ever,
except these white balls, which I am not
even certain are identical to the ones
listed under the giardiasis information.
Has anybody at all experienced this
before? I dont want to get too
descriptive as its quite embarassing, but
sometimes when I feel like I have a bowel
movement, and I go sit on the jon ( haha )
it feels like I have gone.. When I stand
up to flush, indeed there is nothing but a
few very small white balls. I always
think, how did it feel like I actually
crapped, when these balls are so small.
Also I have hemmoroids off and on from
since I was pregnant with my daughter..
Could that be a contributing factor at
all? I live in such a small town, that
has only 3 doctors, none of which are
female at the time.. And am extremely
nervous about taking this to the doctor.
Anyone? Please pipe up!!
thanks.. (ps. . . I have had these
white balls for over a year) is that
normal as well?
thanks.. (ps. . . I have had these
white balls for over a year) is that
normal as well?