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A Poop Problem
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| sooper |
I feel good.
I just unloaded a serious stack in my toilet bowl.
Anyway, during the poo procedure, I started wondering "Hmm, is this breakfast already, or is this just my re-formed dinner from last night? Could it even be yesterday's lunch? Or maybe a phenomenal reeking combination of both?"
Anyone have any ideas on how long your food takes to journey to and pass through the 'exit only'?
Man, I feel good.
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| TranceSeeker |
| LOL, looks like the girl in your avatar needs to take a dump too |
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| XxremedyxX |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceSeeker
LOL, looks like the girl in your avatar needs to take a dump too |
LMAO :haha: |
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| Shudder |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceSeeker
LOL, looks like the girl in your avatar needs to take a dump too |
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: |
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| Renegade |
It's an important issue you have raisded here sooper and one that, I'm sure, we have all pondered in the darker times of our lives. Allow me then to answer your questions and to allay your fears concerning the fecal conclusion to what is an undeniably long, yet vital, digestion process.
As we nourish ourselves - generally via the process of orally consuming various food stuffs - we are, in the earlier stages of the digestive process, dependant on our teeth, primarily, to break down food into smaller, more easily digestible fragments so that it may pass more easily down our esophagus. In addition to this, our oral mucusan lining contains "salivary glands" from which saliva, comprised mainly of enzymes used to break down more complex carbonic molecules, is released. From here, via the voluntary act of "swallowing" (a muscular contraction of the gullet), the broken-down foodstuffs are passed through to the esophagus, where the first stages of the absorbtion of nutrients essential to our over-all vitality are undertaken. However, the passage of these said foodstuffs down the esophagus is not as simple as it may sound.
The large, hollow organs of the digestive system contain muscle that enables their walls to move. The movement of organ walls can propel food and liquid and also can mix the contents within each organ. Typical movements of the esophagus, stomach, and intestine are called peristalsis. The muscle of the organ produces a narrowing and then propels the narrowed portion slowly down the length of the organ. These waves of narrowing push the food and fluid in front of them through each hollow organ. The first major muscle movement occurs when food or liquid is swallowed. Although we are able to start swallowing by choice, once the swallow begins, it becomes involuntary and proceeds under the control of the nerves.
The esophagus is the organ into which the swallowed food is pushed. It connects the throat above with the stomach below. At the junction of the esophagus and stomach, there is a ringlike valve closing the passage between the two organs. However, as the food approaches the closed ring, the surrounding muscles relax and allow the food to pass.
The food then enters the stomach, which has three mechanical tasks to do. First, the stomach must store the swallowed food and liquid. This requires the muscle of the upper part of the stomach to relax and accept large volumes of swallowed material. The second job is to mix up the food, liquid, and digestive juice produced by the stomach. The lower part of the stomach mixes these materials by its muscle action. The digestive juices are released by the stomach's mucosa, producing stomach acid and an enzyme that digests protein. It may interest you to know, sooper, that one of the pressing unsolved puzzles of the digestive system is why the acid juice of the stomach does not dissolve the tissue of the stomach itself. In most people, of course, the stomach mucosa is able to resist the juice, although food and other tissues of the body cannot. Hmmmm..... food for thought (I laugh out loud at my highly pertinent pun).
Moving along, the third task of the stomach is to empty its contents slowly into the small intestine. Several factors affect emptying of the stomach, including the nature of the food (mainly its fat and protein content) and the degree of muscle action of the emptying stomach and the next organ to receive the contents (the small intestine). As the food is digested in the small intestine and dissolved into the juices from the pancreas, liver, and intestine, the contents of the intestine are mixed and pushed forward to allow further digestion.
Finally, all of the digested nutrients are absorbed through the intestinal walls. The waste products of this process include undigested parts of the food, known as fiber, and older cells that have been shed from the mucosa. These materials are propelled into the colon, where they remain, usually for a day or two, until the feces are expelled by a bowel movement, and this, sooper, is where we may delve more concisely into the answering your question.
When you bend over your lavatory to get a closer look at the festering fecal matter you have deposited there, you are likely to notice that the consistency (or, on occasions, viscosity) of your excrement varies from day to day - worry not though, for I am assured that this is perfectly normal. You see, some foods do not break down quite as easily as others. Foods containing strong, tough fibres will not be broken down so easily on their passage through the digestive system, which may explain the existence of a big hard poo in your toilet bowl. Other factors that can contribute to conspitation include:
-Ignoring or over-riding the urge to defaecate due to immobility, poor toilet arrangements, pain or confusion.
-Poor diet, dehydration.
-Gastrointestinal disease (including cancer).
-Drugs.
-Hypothyroidism.
-Food remaining in the gut for longer (slow transit time). Physical activity may help in this case.
-Poor digestive system muscle tone.
Regardless of the cause of your constipation, however, you can rest assured that the harder the poo is, the longer it's been sitting inside of you. Therefore, if you out something that looks half-petrified already, chances are it's been sitting in your digestive track for 36 - 72 hours since initial ingestion.
On the other end of the spectrum resides a messy condition known as "diarrhea" where the fecal matter tends to be either incredibly soft or - in more extreme (and quite smelly) circumstances - predominantly liquid in composition. Diarrhea is generally the result of an irritation caused by the food-stuffs ingested, where greater amounts of digestive juices from the body's various mucosa have been released to hasten the passage of this said food-stuff through the body to avoid the risk of infection or other such complaints. This allows for the food to be broken down more quickly, and the undigested fibres of the irritating food-stuffs (along with a healthy dose of digestive juices and water) are passed quickyl through the lower digestive system, where they are passed through the anus of the unlucky individual into the toilet bowl, where it is likely to stain the pristine porcelain of the receptical and/or cause great embarrasment to anyone unfortunate enough to exist within ear-shot. The average adult suffers from bouts of diarrhea about 4 times a year though, so rest assured, it is nothing to be ashamed of (unless you get a bout of it during an important business meeting - man, that would totally suck). Vital information on this condition can be found at the highly reputable NIDDK which specialises in digestive abnormalities:
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/dig...ea/diarrhea.htm
Nonetheless, fecal matter of a higher "liquidity" ratio has generally been gestating in the digestive tract for smaller amounts of time, meaining - effectively - that diarrhea shat out at 3am may be comprised mainly of food (or things resembling food - such as kebabs) consumed a mere few hours earlier.
So, to summerise, fecal matter excreted on the lav may be comprised of food consumed up to 72 hours earlier - usually identifiable by poo of a much more solid consistency - or just a few hours earlier, usually identifiable by the runny brown mess that trickles down your leg every time you fart. Nonetheless, sooper, these estimates are not binding, and it should be remembered that the digestive process varies wildly between individuals, and can be effected by such elements as one's diet, one's environment and the strength of the muscles that make up one's digestive system in the first place.
Keep it in mind that this was only intended to get you started on your insatiable desire to understand poo, and that a great deal of research - usually of the "hands on" variety - will be necessary to unravel the puzzle that is so tightly wound around the brown stuff that occasionally falls out of our anus. Good luck and god speed. |
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| sooper |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceSeeker
LOL, looks like the girl in your avatar needs to take a dump too |
Kiana's holding it in, like the good lil girl that she is!
You guys don't wanna see the dirty dirties that she can make. |
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| JohnSmith |
haah, renegade you crack me up!
and, i can't believe nobody has pointed this out yet.
SOOPER POOPER! |
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| sooper |
RENEGADE! You're a star - thanks for the educational insightful info!!
I always had the wrong ideas I guess.
This is what I once emailed a friend:
The surroundings are completely dark and the air is
humid. There is a reeking stink that does not abide.
Loud, continuous rumbles can be heard in the distance.
It is now going on 24 years that this mighty battle
has been waged - without an end in sight.
When the Bovine Boagies arrive at 19:00, the Feces
Faction are caught completely offguard and unprepared,
suffering from complete exhaustion after that
afternoon's Dairy Disaster. This potential Fried
Fiasco devastates the landscape, methane gas
explosions bloat the terrain, the casualties are
enormous. When the incoming Boagies are identified as
only slighty chewed, there is little choice left but
to call in the Anal Reserves.
Minutes later, the Mighty Brigades of the Anal
Reserve arrive with their one and only secret weapon.
The Boagies begin to overwhelm the first line of the
FF, causing massive cramps and bloating. The
situation is critical. The Anal Reserves are left
with little choice but to employ the secret weapon,
regardless of any negative consequential effects.
Massive amounts of acidic fluid are released onto
the battlegrounds. The enourmous Boagies are
instantly reduced to a brown sludge, and herded to the
Sphincter Execution Camp. Within minutes, the
disaster is averted as ounces of once deadly Boagies
are eliminated at extraordinary speeds. Once again,
the Anal Reserves emerge victorious - but at what cost
the surrounding environment? Only time will tell.
And this, boys & girls, is why we get diahrea. |
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| robbyradz |
| You can't imagine the dumps i have from all the protein i take. :D |
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| sooper |
| quote: | Originally posted by robbyradz
You can't imagine the dumps i have from all the protein i take. :D |
Have you ever stacked a pile so high that it lifts you off the toilet seat? |
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| trancegurl |
i love poop/fart threads!!
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: |
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