Help! Completely panicked with health anxiety. Have you ever had yellow pop and what did it turn out to be!!

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I’m so stressed. I’ve had 5-6 days of yellow poo. Slightly tummy upset as I came
on during this time, but am now finished with period.

sometimes in the bowl look brighter or slightly darker than it does on the tissue but I am really freaking out about liver cancer or pancreatic cancer.

I can’t see a doctor til next week, got an appointment, but I’m struggling to stay calm and not fall into an anxiety spiral.

I have a toddler and have been TTC and I’m petrified I won’t even make it to
my boy’s third birthday.

aside from the sudden change in bowel habits, I felt a bit sick and unwell at the weekend, and then had a bit of tummy upset (which I always do on my
period) and cramps/bloating after eating on Saturday night and Sunday and that’s when the yellow started. It’s now still yellow and (sorry TMI I know) much softer than usual but not an upset stomach anymore, and I feel more constipated than anything else even though I can still go.

im also very gassy. One of the stools looked a bit oily too but the rest haven’t.

is there any way this is something that isn’t serious? I know you can’t tell
me for sure but wondered if other people have had it and it’s turned out to be something manageable. I’m not on meds at the moment, supposed to be going back on it and my anxiety is going into overdrive. Normally it latches onto something completely irrational but this doesn’t seem that irrational as I have an obvious physical symptom.

I'm sure it's to do with the fact that you had an upset stomach at the weekend.

I would say exceptionally unlikely to be pancreatic or liver cancer in the absence of any other symptoms.

Easier said than done but please try not to worry

Thank you for the kindness in replying, I really appreciate it. I feel like the seed has been planted in my brain and now I can’t get rid of it.

Im petrified I’m going to wake up one morning and be completely jaundiced.

I’ve been tired recently but not so much that I can’t keep my eyes open IYSWIM. I’ve also been in a bad place with my anxiety even before this as DS has been back to back unwell for about six weeks and it’s taken it’s toll :(

Hi OP, could it be norovirus? My DS suddenly had a temp and very yellow/beige poo which lasted about 6 weeks(!) to the point I was wondering if his poo would ever be brown again. Eventually had the results of a stool sample and it was positive for norovirus. Worth a trip to the GP I’d say.

One of my colleagues had putty coloured poo and it was one of the hepatitis strains. Medication sorted it out. I'm sure your GP has seen this before so they'll be able to treat it - get well soon and look after yourself.

We've all just had a tummy bug and obviously I can't speak for my partner but me and the kids have all had yellow ish poo for a week after the vomiting, it's clearly a bug x

Thank you so much everyone for taking the time to reply as I’ve been getting myself into a tailspin about it even though I know it doesn’t help and won’t change anything!

thank you for reminding me there can be other reasons for it.

@sarahc336 hope you don’t mind my asking, but was it only when you had diarrhoea it was yellow or for a bit after? When I’ve had norovirus before I’ve been sick as a dog but I wasn’t this time so it didn’t cross my mind

Definitely sounds like a virus. If I get a cold it immediately affects my stomach.
If you have any probiotics I’d take those, eat bananas and hard boiled eggs. ( to replace lost potassium and car as a binder)

It could be higher than usual bilirubin after having had an infection. I often get this. Your body produces it to fight infection and then needs to get rid of it.

No it was for about a full week after the bug so it's clearly stayed in our guts for some time after we'd felt better if you get me xx

Thank you for all these replies.
I didn’t really think about having an infection I assumed it was period but my little boy has had a nasty bacterial infection so maybe I caught something and it just presented differently in me.

Yes, I've had yellow poo. I call that particular shade, 'lamb shit yellow'. You might want to think about taking probiotics, and/or yakult, until things settle down.

I think I've spent the last 30 years thinking I've got some disastrous health issue or other! And yet. . . here I am. . .

Interesting someone saying about bilirubin during illness above.

OP, I had a stomach bug relatively recently with the same yellow stool presentation, lasted a week with barely any other symptoms. During this time I had one of those ‘investigate your own health’ blood tests come through the door which I had ordered ages ago and forgotten about. I did the test (probably should have waited until I was better!) and sent it off and it came back with slightly raised bilirubin levels.

Almost certainly some kind of infection in your case. Hope the GP is reassuring when you get there.

There was a similar thread earlier today. What are the chances! Unless that was you, OP.

Pretty normal after an upset stomach.

Get help for your anxiety or talk to the person supporting you about how you can manage this kind of situations when they occur.

Thank you so much. I am going back on meds soon and I’m really hoping it will help, it’s a horrible place to be.
no the other thread wasn’t me, I won’t go looking for it as this one has been really reassuring and helped me level out a bit until I can see my doctor so I wholeheartedly thank you all for that. Amazing how kind strangers on the internet can be.

I was just going to say that.

The other thread wasn’t you? Two threads about Yellow poo on the same night, what are the chances?

Yes, I had yellow poo for around 10 days after a stomach bug back in February. My daughter had this too. We are both fine. Some stomach bugs cause this apparently.

I think clay coloured poo or black poo are the ones to worry about.

I'm sure the time you really need to worry is when you have black( bleeding internally) or white( no bile).
I've had yellow many times over the years, I'm still alive.

Your body works at fighting off viruses really often but you don't always notice it! I'm sure it's just a bug.

Sounds like a normal tummy bug to me 🤷‍♀️ Happens a couple times a year to me. On a side note, have you ever seen a therapist to help with your anxieties? Sometimes exploring where/when the anxiety first started can help you process and understand the deeper reasons behind it (e.g unresolved loss, grief, trauma etc).

How many separate threads do you need about this same thing?

My DP went to the GP two years ago (just prior to lockdown 1) and asked me to go with him as he was very worried about his bowels. He was suffering from constipation one day then intense bouts of diarrhoea the next. He was also very gassy and we couldn't find a food-related link.

The GP asked him a lot of questions, including the colour of the stools. My DP pointed to a bright yellow sharps bin and said "pretty much like that".

It turned out to be IBS, triggered by extreme stress. Our daughter was in NICU at the time and we'd recently lost her twin brother.

He was advised to take over the counter medicines and it cleared up the worst of his symptoms. He still has IBS but manages it well now.

If you're worried, it won't hurt to speak to your GP, but really, going down the 'I might not see my child's next birthday' route at this stage is extreme.

Apologies if the other thread on the exact same topic wasn't you!

Yellow poo is just a sign or a tummy bug or upset tummy, it’s yellow as food moves through the stomach and bowel quicker. Black poo is what you worry about as it’s a sign of old blood.