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I would ask them why they need the sample, they might explain the reason for it

My brother had to do this once because he had a very low iron level in his blood - they wanted to make sure there wasn't blood in his stool so they could rule out internal bleeding I think.

@Andrea: I wonder if it's something they like to test for specifically in women then.

My hubby has crohns so he's had to do many stool samples... but I'm very bad and haven't gone to my primary in a long time so I wouldn't know.

are you putting the stool in a cup or smearing it on a card/paper?

if it's in a cup, perhaps they are sending it out for a stool culture (looking for abnormal bacteria, viruses, parasites). if it's on a card/paper, they are most likely just looking for occult blood.

The only reason I can think of that they gave it to you and not your hubby (assuming you both had absolutely normal visits/no complaints and they are doing this proactively), is that they forgot to give it to him and not to you.

omg that is awful. Did you find out why they need it? I know this is terrible but I'd probably just not to it. That is way too gross for me!

My husband actually has to do this for his yearly work physical. It's just to check for blood in your stool to see if you might have hemorrhoids or anything else going on.

@Andrea: I've had to do the same one - 6x for one test! It really grossed me out, and it told them absolutely nothing. They were checking for ulcers, bleeding and something else that I don't remember. Gross, right?

@Andrea: Yeah...I did. Didn't let DH know what was going on, haha, I just handed him a sealed plain envelope to take to the doctor when he was going (lol...he still doesn't know what it was). Don't think I'd go through the trouble again though.