Types of POOP and what they mean

Poop - Poo - Stools - Crap - Feces - Faeces

and what they can show us, tell us and teach us.

Contents: What Poop color tells you -- What poops floating or sinking characteristics tell you -- Poop size does matter -- What poop texture tells you -- Conclusion on the importance of knowing your poop and knowing the poop of your children.

Yes, just about everything on poop that you didn't know who to ask about and maybe never would.

Just as we can tell much about a dinosaur from it's petrified poop, we can tell much about a human by the poop they poo out.

In spite of the topics weirdness, it is actually quite a serious topic, which can perhaps even save your life.

Knowing how to read your own poop, or the poop of your children, can help you understand what's going on with the intestines, liver and diet.

It may even alert you to some dangerous illnesses that cause blood to appear in the stool.

Poo - Poop - Crap - Stools - Feces - What their color tells you.

Yes, the color of your poop can tell you something about your general health.

Firstly, if your poop is a milk chocolate color, that's the best.

Black poops are warning bells - could be cancer and bleeding up in your intestines. See a doctor fast.

If the poop is too dark, that could again suggest a liver problem.

Yellow poop may suggest your liver is not producing enough bile for digesting food.

Yellow bits in your poop suggest you ate corn and that you are not chewing your food enough.

Green poop may mean your liver is overproducing bile, too much bile. Green poop could also mean you ate salads and green vegetables the day or two before.

Green poop may also mean you are not digesting your food very well - if this is the case your green poop will also contain bits of lettuce, silver beet, spinach or other green food stuffs. Apart from mango and watermelon, most fruits will be fully digested in a healthy digestion system - so if they show up in the poop, you may have a digestive problem.

Whitish, foggy areas on your poop may suggest liver problems - the fat in the food not being broken down fully.

Bright red suggests undigested blood in your stool, such as from internal hemorrhoids.

Dark red in poops suggests bleeding in the intestines which requires medical assessment fast.

Poo - Poop - Crap - Stools - Feces - What their floating or sinking characteristics tell you.

Vegetarians should have floating poop - veges produce gas that get caught in the poop, making the poop lighter than water.

Big meat and junk food eaters will often have floaters too. The poop contains fat, the fat is lighter than water, so the poop floats. This can also mean a liver problem, as the fat is not being broken down fully.

For those of us who eat both veges and meat, expect your poop to sink.

Poo - Poop - Crap - Stools - Feces - Size does matter.

The more you eat, the more you should be pooping.

Ideal poop is 6 to 10 inches in length - 15 to 25cm - pooping two to three out each sitting. Width not so important, as width of poop mostly determined by the width of your colon.

Poo - Poop - Crap - Stools - Feces - What the texture tells you.

Texture of poop is hard to describe. A poop that looks smooth or very rough suggests either poor digestion or poor diet. The ideal poop is in between.

Vegetables make stools soft, but if you have no veges and your stool is soft, then you may have a problem. Without veges the stools should be hard, which is good if you want constipation and resulting hemroids.

Diarrhea

Runny poop is a diarrhea and can be caused by a germ (virus or bacteria) or diet or other condition.

If it's a germ causing the runny poop, then keep the fluids up, like flat lemonade and avoid eating anything except dry toast or dry biscuits, like Jatz, which are most likely safe to eat.

If the runny poop is diet based, it more than likely means you are living on cereal just about. High sugar and lots of fiber. So cut down on the sugary stuff and give your body a chance - all that wiping could cause external hemroids.

If your runny poop is not a germ or diet, then you have a condition that requires medical assessment.

Conclusion on Poop

As you can clearly see, the color, buoyancy, texture and size of poop, all tells us something about your health, particularly about your diet, your digestive system, your liver and may alert us to other conditions, like cancer or typhoid fever, that one may be suffering from.

In spite of the strangeness of this topic, the information is none-the-less vital to know. It could easily save the life of yourself or of your child.

What to Blog About

1. Respond to something elsewhere on the web: the best way to start blogging: simply link to something elsewhere that you feel is interesting, or (better) that you disagree with. If you make a constructive response to what someone else has posted, for example, you can start a useful inter-blog dialogue. You might add links to evidence that challenges what the original post says, for example. In its most simple form, when you simply post useful links, this is called ‘link journalism’.
2. Suggest an idea: for a story or for a way of doing things. Invite reaction and suggestions - and don’t expect people to come to you: approach people you might otherwise be shy of asking, and invite them to respond on the comments. Ideas can travel very far, so can be very effective in attracting readers.
3. Interview someone: a straightforward and easy way to create a post. An email interview can work well, but if you can put an audio or video recording on the site that often adds value. If you are interviewing a busy person it helps if you limit your questions or, if you’re asking for their advice, specifically ask for their ‘3 tips on…‘ or ‘5 things I know about…’. You can even turn this into a series of interviews with the same theme.
4. Blog an event: attend a relevant event - a conference, meeting, public talk, demonstration, or even just a conversation - and write about it. If you have access to the internet during the event you can even ‘liveblog’ it by starting a post as soon as you have something to report and adding updates or new posts as the event progresses. Ambitious bloggers can use liveblogging tool CoveritLive.
5. Ask a question: this typically only works once you’ve established a readership and generated goodwill by contributing yourself on your blog and in comments on other blogs, or if it’s for a worthy cause. But it can be very effective in generating useful information. Taken further, you can use free online polling tools such as PollDaddy and SurveyMonkey to conduct a larger survey.
6. Pick a fight: many bloggers attempt to generate traffic by loudly criticising another (popular) blogger in the hope that they’ll respond and generate traffic from their readers. This sort of tactic is often referred to as ‘link-baiting’ - in other words, if the criticised blogger responds (takes the bait) it generally means links to your blog. If you are to criticise another blogger, then, it is worth considering if it will be seen as ‘link-bait’ or a constructive and valuable debate. Done well, a genuine argument between two bloggers can generate insight and bring factions to compromise. You can also pick a fight with a company or brand, and mount a campaign to instigate change.
7. Reflect on something: it might be something that happened to you this week, a decision or choice that you made, a lead for a story, or anything else. Why did it happen? What are the implications? What did you learn? Keep it open so others can contribute their experiences or insights.
8. Do something visual: take photographs and/or video footage as you travel along a particular route. Explain them, ask questions, include relevant links. Or draw sketches and photograph them.
9. Review something: try to make it useful - include links to further information, quote from (and link to) other reviewers.
10. Make a list: Lists are enormously popular on the web, frequently topping websites’ ‘most shared’ lists. It may be anything from ‘5 ways to tie a knot’ to ‘The 100 best albums by women’. A good tip for your first post is to make a list of the top 10 blogs in your subject area - a useful task for yourself while also making them aware of your existence.
11. Write a how-to: in his book Click, Bill Tancer notes how one of the most popular types of search query is ‘How do I..?’ or ‘Why do..?’ Tutorials also frequently top websites ‘most-shared’ lists and can be enormously useful in generating goodwill in your sphere - not to mention attracting comments that then add to and improve your knowledge of the subject.
12. Let someone else post: if you find someone with particular expertise or experience, invite them to write a ‘guest post’ on a particular subject. Even if they already have their own blog, they will probably appreciate the opportunity to reach a new audience, or to write in a different context, and again it will improve your own knowledge.

Info from onlinejournalismblog.com

Hot To Get Rid of a Sliver

Some Materials You Might Need:

• Soap
• Warm Water
• Cotton Balls
• Needle
• Sticky Tape
• Baking Soda
• Hydrogen Peroxide
• Tweezers
• Nail Clippers
• Bee Sting Swab
  
• Providone- Iodine Solution (more effective at killing bacteria than isopropyl alcohol)

First-
Clean the affected area. Wash the wound and the area around it with soap and warm water. Be careful not to push the sliver even further in. You can also use a cotton ball doused with povidone-iodine solution for this purpose.

Clean your hands. Before attempting any removal, clean your hands thoroughly to prevent introducing bacteria that may cause infection in the wound. You may also opt to wear surgical gloves to further protect against infection.

Tender skin? If the area where the sliver embedded itself is particularly tender or sensitive, you can use a bee-sting swab to dull the pain.

After removal. After removing the sliver, clean the wound area and cover with gauze. Watch for burning, redness, irritation and other possible signs of infection. If the wound is infected, go visit your doctor.

Search and Remove-

• Squeeze it out. Using your fingers, squeeze out the splinter from both sides and the bottom of the splinter, nudging it out from the angle where it came in.
• Soak it. Soak the affected area in warm water and leave it in for a few minutes until it becomes soft and wrinkly. When your skin has softened and contracted, it may become easier for you to pull out the sliver.

• Hydrogen peroxide. Prepare a solution of 1/2 water and 1/2 hydrogen peroxide. Pour it over the sliver and wait to see if the sliver pushes itself out from your skin.
• Wait it out. There are some cases when the sliver is trapped at the top layer of your skin but is not exposed enough to be pulled out. If it does not cause you any irritation, you can opt to wait for your skin to grow out and for the sliver to be make its way out by itself. It may also be easier to remove the sliver after one whole day.
• Tape it. Put sticky tape directly over the sliver and pull it out in one quick motion. Don't push the tape too hard on your skin as it might push the sliver in even further.
• Glue it. Use 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda mixed with water to make a paste. Apply this paste on the sticky side of the bandage and put it directly over the affected area. Wait for 24 hours before removing the bandage. The glue will harden over the sliver and pull it along when the glue is removed.


Normal non-toxic glue is also suggested for this purpose, but only use it when the wound is superficial or when it is only in the topmost layer of the skin. Do not use it if the wound is bleeding or if you are allergic to glue.


• Tweeze or clip. Clean your tweezers or nail clippers thoroughly using povidone-iodine solution, especially at the part that will come in direct contact with your skin when pulling the sliver out.

Capture the exposed bit of sliver between your tweezers or nail clipper. Don't push too hard on the sliver as it might cause the sliver to break. Pull out from your skin at the same angle it came in.

• Needle it. Sterilize a needle using your povidone-iodine solution. Using the pointed end, carefully break open the topmost layer of your skin over the area where the sliver is. Don't dig in too deep since you may induce bleeding. The idea is to open the skin in order to pull the sliver using your sterilized tweezers or nail clippers.

You can also use the needle to push the sliver upward from under your skin. Lay the needle lengthwise on your skin, over where the sliver is buried the deepest so that it forms a “T” shape with the sliver. Push the needle against the skin to encourage the sliver upward for removal.

• It's too deep! If you're feeling unsure about pulling a sliver out yourself, especially in tricky areas like your nails, you can go to a doctor to make sure that it is removed properly.

After Removal-

Here are some things you can expect after getting rid of that sliver.

• See a doctor. If the sliver is particularly big, long and dirty, or if it caused a lot of bleeding, it's best to consult a doctor regarding possible infections. This is especially recommended for organic slivers, such as bee stings and spines from a sea urchin.
• Tetanus vaccination. If you're not up-to-date with your tetnus vaccination, your doctor may recommend you to get your shots after removing the sliver. This depends on the sliver's material and the degree of damage done to your skin.
• Protect from infection. You may apply an antibiotic cream over the affected area for a few days to prevent infection. You can also clean the area daily using soap, povidone-iodine solution or alcohol. Band- aid bandages are recommended if you want to prevent infection or dirt from coming into contact with the affected area.

Prevention-

To reduce complications, here are some tips to prevent getting slivers.

• Wear flip- flops when walking outdoors.
• Wear rubber gloveswhen gardening, doing woodwork or any activity where you may get splintered.
• Sweep your floors regularly.

No need to be scared of splinters. Just follow the simple procedures above and everything will be fine. Pretty soon, you won't have to worry about anything stuck under your skin anymore.

Info from Howtodostuff.com