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.
Floating, greasy stools that are foul smelling may be due to severe malabsorption, especially if you are losing weight. Malabsorption means your body is not properly absorbing nutrients. Most floating stools are not caused by an increase in the fat content of the stool. However, in some conditions such as chronic pancreatitis, the fat content is increased.