When was your last bowel movement? Have you had a bowel movement today? How often do you usually pass stool?
Has there been any recent change in frequency or pattern?
Was the stool normal, hard, loose, or watery?
What color was it?
Have you noticed any blood, mucus, or black tarry stool?
Was there any pain, straining, urgency, or feeling of incomplete evacuation?
Have you had any abdominal pain, bloating, fever, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, or changes in appetite?
