Though it's not fun to talk about, this is what gastroenterologists want you to know about your bowel movements.

Why you have sweet-smelling poop. Poop that smells unusually sweet is often caused by C. difficile (aka, C. diff)—a GI infection that can sometimes develop after taking antibiotics, Dr. Rao says.

Sweet-smelling stools can result from a person's diet or other causes, such as a bacterial infection. Learn more here. Health Conditions ... In some cases, the stool may smell sweet.

A possible cause of “sweet-smelling” stool is an Clostridioides difficile infection, which has several symptoms including diarrhea. “Sweet smelling” is not often a description associated ...

Depending on which stool bacteria are present, they make different gases, and those are the (not-so-pleasant) gases we smell," Daniel Freedberg, MD, a gastroenterologist at New York-Presbyterian ...

What causes green poop? According to mayoclinic.org, there are few dietary items that bring about green poop: Green food coloring (dyed beer, flavored drink mixes or ice pops). Green leafy vegetables.

Poop, feces, stool — whatever you call it, there's no denying the unpleasant smell. While it's perfectly normal for poo to be pungent, it makes you wonder what it is about our excrement that ...

The odor is unexpectedly sweet ... Green, Slimy Poop. Light yellow or green poop streaked with mucus can be an indication of a drooly, teething baby (mucus in saliva doesn't get digested).