Module 2

• BROWN: Normal due to the presence of STERCOBILINOGEN
• BLACK AND TARRY: Bleeding in the UPPER GIT from proximal to cecum
• BLACK AND TARRY: Drugs like IRON SALTS, BISMUTH SALTS, and CHARCOAL
• RED: Bleeding or TUMOR in LOWER GIT
• RED: Inflammatory process
• RED: Anal fissure
• RED: Hemmorhoids
• RED: Tumors
• RED: Undigested tomatoes or beetroot
• YELLOW or YELLOW-GREEN: Diarrhoea
• CLAY-COLORED: Biliary obstruction
• SILVERY: Carcinoma of ampulla of Vater
• WATERY: Certain strains of Escherichia coli, Rotavirus enteritis, Cryptosporidiosis
• RICE WATER: Cholera
• UNFORMED with BLOOD, MUCUS, and PUS: Bacillary dysentery, Ulcerative colitis, Intestinal tuberculosis, Amoebiasis, and Enteritis
• UNFORMED, FROTHY, FOUL smelling, which FLOAT on water: Steatorrhea
• PALE COLOR STOOL with GREASY appearance: Pancreatic deficiency due to malabsorption