Have you ever had a ‘ghost poop’? Here’s what it really means if you feel like you went to the bathroom but can’t find any evidence of it in the toilet or on the toilet paper afterwards.
From sexual secrets to bathroom habits, people have no qualms about posting unabashedly honest and fiercely personal confessions on TikTok.
Recently, a lot of content creators have been discussing what they call ‘ghost poop’ on the video streaming app, which is basically when you poop but don’t see any residue on the toilet paper when you wipe.
Others used the term to describe a case where they felt they had gone to the bathroom and found nothing in the toilet.
Hundreds of people have confessed to experiencing the strange phenomenon under the hashtag #Ghostpoop on TikTok, and now, medical professionals have spoken out about what it really means and why it happens to them. Today show.
Have you ever had a ‘ghost poop’? Here’s what it really means if you feel like you went to the bathroom but don’t find any evidence of it in the toilet or on the toilet paper afterwards.
Recently, a lot of content creators started discussing what they call ‘ghost poop’ on TikTok, which is when you poop but don’t see any residue on the toilet paper.
Dr. Rabia De Latour, a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Health, and Dr. Felice Schnoll-Sussman, a gastroenterologist and professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, told the publication that phantom stools are actually completely normal and more common than what one might think.
They explained to him that several different things could cause them, the first being that his stools are so “well-formed” and “firm” that it leaves nothing in his butt to clean up.
“The texture of the stool and how much to clean can depend on a few factors: fiber intake, intestinal health, the amount of water and other nutrients absorbed from the stool in the large intestine, and how well the muscles function. of the anal sphincter”. the outlet added.
As for why some don’t see anything in the bowl, they said it’s probably because the poop was extremely “dense” and went “straight into the toilet.”
Both women insisted that there is nothing to worry about if it happens to you, insisting that it is actually “perfectly normal” and a sign of a “very healthy bowel movement.”
Another reason could be that you think you’ve passed fecal matter, but in reality you’ve only passed some gas.
“The sphincters are stimulated and something is expelled, but it’s just air,” Dr. Felice said.
Doctors added that if you often feel like you need to poop but nothing comes out, it could be a sign of an underlying problem and you should probably talk to your doctor.
Now, a host of medical professionals have spoken out about what it really means and why it happens on the Today show, including Dr. Felice Schnoll-Sussman (seen)
She and Dr. Rabia De Latour (pictured) told the publication that ghost poop is actually completely normal, and more common than one might think.
They explained to him that several different things could cause them, the first being that his stools are so “well-formed” and “firm” that it leaves nothing in his butt to clean up. Dr. Felice is seen
The Today show reported that these could be early symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease, colorectal polyps or anal cancer.
In 2021, an influencer who goes by MrPelz on TikTok posted a video about ghost poop and quickly went viral.
“When you clean up after a good shit,” he wrote alongside a clip showing him sitting on the toilet wiping his butt.
Then he looked at the toilet paper and noticed that it looked clean, adding, “But there’s nothing there…”
The 11-second clip then shows him floating in the air like a ghost.
“I had fun making this one,” he captioned the TikTok, along with the hashtags #Ghostpoop and #Ghostwipe, among others.
Her video garnered over 372,000 views and 4,600 comments, with many people rushing to the comments section to admit that something similar had happened to them.
Many others have posted videos on the topic since then. A man named Brad climbed a Tik Tok that showed him sitting on the toilet, wiping himself and not seeing any residue on the toilet paper.
Many others have posted videos on the topic online. A man, named Brad, uploaded a TikTok that showed him sitting on the toilet, wiping himself, and seeing no residue on the toilet paper.
Another guy who goes by the name Sicko shared a video of himself experiencing his “first ghost poop.” The song What Does It Mean played in the background as he looked at the toilet paper.
A woman named Paige bravely announced on her own TikTok: ‘Yes, sex is great, but have you ever done a fat poop and cleaned it up and there’s nothing to clean up?’ I love that shit
He ended the video in front of a green screen that looked like the sky.
A woman named Samantha shared a similar clip and wrote: “When you come home after a long day and take a huge shit.” This is the moment you’ve been dreading… But wait, ghost poop.
Another guy who goes by the name Sicko shared a video of himself experiencing his “first ghost poop.”
The song What Does It Mean by Miley Cyrus played in the background as he looked at the clean looking toilet paper with a horrified expression on his face.
A woman named Paige boldly announced in a Tik Tok on your own, ‘I’m going to say it… Yeah, sex is great, but have you ever pooped big fat and had to clean up and there’s nothing to clean up?’
‘It was ghost poop! I love that shit. When that happens to me, it makes my whole day.’
