What Does Real Diarrhea Look Like?
Good question! It helps to know what real diarrhea looks like, because diarrhea can be dangerous if it continues for three days in a row. It can cause severe dehydration, and is sometimes caused by a bacterial infection or parasite infection or other medical condition that will require medical treatment. Diarrhea is the production of overly watery stools which contain undigested fats and/or carbohydrates. They often float because they contain gasses released by intestinal bacteria and yeast which ferment the undigested carbohydrates, or because the undigested fat in the stools is lighter than water. They may look shiny or greasy and are often light-colored, or even whitish or yellowish in color, like fat. The stools may also have an extremely foul odor if they contain a lot of rancid, decomposing fat. Watery stools with a much higher fat content than normal are called Steatorrhea. By the way, the words “fat” and “oil” when used to describe foods mean the same thing. The only difference
