What Should You Avoid Before a Stool Test
Certain Fruits and Vegetables, Including Broccoli and Turnips. Red Meat. Vitamin C Supplements. Pain Relievers, Such as Aspirin and Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin...
Certain fruits and vegetables, including broccoli and turnips.Red meat.Vitamin C supplements.Pain relievers, such as aspirin and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others)
What should you not do before a stool test?
Watch what you eat. Two days before and the day of the fecal occult blood test, cut out all red meat, beets, broccoli, cantaloupe, carrots, cauliflower, cucumbers, grapefruit, horseradish, mushrooms, radishes, and turnips, which can all trigger false alarms.
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How do I prepare for a stool test?
- Place something in your toilet to catch your poop. Your doctor may give you a small container or you could use a clean, empty plastic one that you have. …
- Make sure your poop doesn’t touch the inside of your toilet. …
- Place the sample into the container. …
- Don’t overfill the container.
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