Amy did a poo today without straining. Now I know that seems a little uninspiring to most people, and understandably so. But to her parents who have spent the last week watching as she desperately tries to pass a solid mass the size of a kiwi fruit it was joyful news indeed. Yesterday she strained so hard she gave herself a nosebleed. She’s been prescribed some laxative and so I took an executive decision to double it. We were all set to make an appointment with the GPs but now we’ve seen a light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak, we’ll leave it and see how it goes.
I think I’ll refrain from trying to find a picture to illustrate this post, but for those who are interested I urge you to check out the Bristol Stool Chart. This masterpiece in graphic design kept me amused on many a long shift during my nurse training.
Ah dan, the dreaded Bristol Stool chart.
the gastroenterologist who designed it works at Bristol, I think
Thanks for hightlighting that excelent picture, which I shall insert into my article on it.
John
http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/2006/01/defining-euro-turd.html
hi there
where might i be able to purchase the brisol stool chart from please
i would like to buy one for my studies and ultimately my nutrition clinic
some advise would be greatly appreciated
many thanks
cathy
I’m rather ashamed to say that roughly 25% of all my hits are from google search results for the bloody bristol stool chart.
If you want a copy of it my suggestion would be to write to Bristol university. Other than that I have no idea.