Make an appointment with your doctor if: 1  Vomiting lasts more than two days for adults, 24 hours for children under age 2 or 12 hours for infants.  You've had bouts of nausea and vomiting for longer than one month.
Could you have accidental bowel leakage (ABL) or other bowel control problems, known as fecal incontinence? Get the details on these distressing conditionsâ¦. Fecal incontinence, also called a bowel control problem, is the accidental passing of solid or liquid stool or mucus from the rectum.
Ribbon-like stools are common with a spastic bowel and irritable bowel syndrome or IBS, but can indicate more serous conditions such as narrowing of the bowel, or a partial obstruction. Small, round and hard stools are often found with chronic constipation. Floating stools often indicate a malabsorption problem.