Type 4: Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft (toothpaste consistency)* Type 3: Like a sausage but with cracks on the surface Type 2: Sausage shaped but lumpy (like all those little nuts / pellets are lumped together) Type 1: Separate hard lumps, like nuts / pellets that are hard to pass This is probably due to a faster metabolism, higher intake, consuming more plant fiber, or having a better bacteria count in their gut. For some people, it is normal to have two or three bowel movements a day. It is normal to have at least one complete bowel movement per day вЂ“ complete means feeling like your bowels have fully emptied and have not just partially eliminated. You might be asked to have repeat examinations at intervals of around 3В to 5В years to catch any further polyps that may develop and potentially turn into bowel cancer.There are three important aspects of your poop that can provide insight about your health: frequency, form, and color. This is uncommon, butВ means you'll need colonoscopy checks at regular intervals. Some people will need further colonoscopies because polyps can recur.

Your specialist will be able to advise you on this. If there is a cancerous change in the polyp, you may need further treatment (depending on the degree and extent of change).

there is any cancerous change in the polyp.

This is usually only done when the polyp has some cell changes or is particularly large.ДЄfter the polyp or polyps have been removed, they are sent to specialists in a laboratory, who will inform your consultant if: In rare cases, polyps may need to be treated by surgically removing part of the bowel. The colonoscope has a wire with an electric current to either cauterise (burn off) or snare the polyp. Snaring is like cutting the polyp off with cheese wire and is painless.Д«oth of the above methods involve passing a flexible instrument called a colonoscope through your bottom andВ up into your bowel. There are several methods for treating polyps, but the most common procedure involves snaring the polypВ during a colonoscopy. If polyps are found, a colonoscopy or CT colonographyВ is needed to view the whole of the large bowel and remove any polyps.

mucus to be produced when you open your bowelsД«owel polypsВ are usually found as a result of a bowel investigation for another reason, such as a sigmoidoscopy (examination of the last part of the bowel) or during screening for bowel cancer.

a small amount of rectal bleedingВ (blood in your stool).

Most people with polyps won't be aware of them as they produce no symptoms and are often discovered by accident. There may be a family tendency towards developing bowel polyps or bowel cancer.

The lining of the bowel constantly renews itself, and a faulty gene can cause the cells in the bowel lining to grow more quickly. How are they caused?Д«owel polyps are caused by an abnormal production of cells. Some people just develop one polyp, while others may have a few.В They tend to occur in people over the age of 60.

some take the form of many tiny bumps clustered togetherД«owel polypsВ are not usually cancerous, althoughВ if they're discovered they'll need to be removed, as some will eventually turn into cancer if left untreated.

someВ look like a grape on a stalk, known as a pedunculated polyp.

some are a tiny raised area or bulge, known asВ a sessile polyp.

Polyps are usually less than 1cm in size, although they can grow up to several centimetres. They are common, affecting 15-20% of the UK population, and don't usually cause symptoms. Bowel polyps are small growths on the inner lining of the colon (large bowel) or rectum.

Tiny balls of poop