Hi! not sure if i am two years too late to reply to this:
are you taking medication with “slow release?”
slow release meds are known to do this occasionally…and in some patients, it can happen very often. The shell of the slow release meds can sometimes be hard, and at times, not break down.
Ask your doc for a list of your meds and to advise you if any are slow release - if yes, you have found your answer to all this.
Good luck! 
I also take bupropion and just had a colonoscopy. Today I passed one of these yellow balls with my bowel movement. This is the first and so far only time it has happened but haven’t had another bm yet. Sounds like a pattern. I was told I had polyps removed and have diverticulosis.
alright totally sucks that I am here relating with you on this. But this has been happening to me too this past year. I was super concerned about these perfectly circle things coming out of my butt. Today I was able to cleanly sift one out as well and put it in a sandwich bag. When I was observing it, it was hard but squishy and then popped. It was still hard and was actually covering something. When I uncovered it, to my surprise it was a perfectly formed pill.
I read somewhere else someone took buproprion and had the same issues. I’m unsure what pill it was that I pooped, my bupropion or lexapro but it was absolutely a pill.
Can’t tell you exactly why this is happening. I’m a Veteran so I might die before I actually get a call back from the V.A . But if you’re on medications I would definitely look into seeing if its the same issue for you and if youre having a malabsortion issue in which case your body maybe struggling to also break down nutrients from food.
It’s just Ghost pills. Are you taking a long acting medication? Basically those go through the digestive system and come out looking like grape shape potatoes or something… depending on the shape of your pills.Since yours don’t still look like pills, I would not worry about it at all.
could be works or tapeworms
tapeworms?
Hello all! These are most definitely “ghost tablets” in the stool. They come from any sort of medication that is “extended release.” The body absorbs the active ingredients that are inside the pill, and excretes the insoluble outside membrane.
Many pills of this kind are round and white to start. Then, they swell slightly and take on a yellow color along the digestive tract. You’ll notice that they are either empty, have a bit of powdered/chalky remnants inside, or have gotten filled with fecal matter. All of this is normal and not to be worried about!
I created my account just to reply to you in hopes to save some ones life. My mother was 36 when her doctor told her she had IBS. He refused to do any tests on her because according to him she was too young to have anything serious. He told her for two years it was IBS as the cancer grew inside of her. After those two years my father rushed her to the ER and the doctor in the ER said, "If you didn’t bring her in tonight she would have not survived. " she lost so much blood internally that she needed multiple bags. It turned out she had a giant tumor in her colon the size of the doctors 2 fists put together that had been growing for over 10 years. She was in stage three colon cancer. A lot of people dismiss others, especially doctors, by saying it’s IBS when they can do simple tests like colonoscopies to find out if it’s something more serious. And I wanted to share this so the person above, or anyone else reading this, is not discouraged and have others downplay their symptoms. People know their bodies best. I think everyone needs to listen to their instincts and if they’re not getting the care they want from the doctors there with currently, get a second, or even third opinion.
I am a retired registered nurse, and have seen a lot of poop in my day, but I’ve never seen anything like these before. Believe me nurses have to look at a bunch of poop. I recently found one of these in my stool for the first time. It is not corn, not a pill or pill shell and it’s nothing I have eaten. Every since i found it, i usually see one about every day. They are about the size of a corn nut, sometimes a little smaller and the outer shell is very hard. Sometimes the inside is very yellow and has a thick “pus” consistancy.(pictures attached:)
Sorry to be so graphic but that’s the nurse in me. I’m at a loss! I am due to get blood drawn soon and I will have them check my cholesterol. Other than that, I have no idea! It’s weird! If any one finds the answer, let us know.
Did anyone get any answers on this. i see the exact same yellow squishy type things in my stool same as original poster. I dont have a gallbladder either these are yellow and seem squishy. Does not seem like a tablet shell or seems not to be stones as i have no gall bladder. Could this be globs of fat we are not digesting most who post here seem to have no gallbladder. Is it a malabsorption issue? Did anyone get any definitive answers
I take bupropion XL 300 mg and have IBS-D and have the same issue. I do think they must be “ghost pills.” The thing is, I also have gallbladder/liver issues so that makes me wonder if it could be a gallstone too. But for now, I think it’s pills.
Ghost pills/undigested pills do not indicate that you aren’t getting a dose from what I understand. It’s just the shell of the pill; the contents should still be metabolized
Not true at all. Not all pill coatings are the same! Look up ghost pills and please don’t speak so decisively about something medical unless you’re absolutely certain. Ghost pills involve getting the contents of the pill but the outside is undigested and it’s absolutely possible.
ok, this is remarkable, I have been getting this since 2014. I have had a nightmare of a time trying to figure them out too.
they are solid white, mine are more redish in color, they float, are not hard as a rock, a tad soft. they can be pyramid shaped, cube like, and reverently round or oval shaped.
I have much stomach pain before I am gonna pass one. but I have had times where I pass a couple in one sitting. I have had it happen where I poop like 50 tiny round ones, they float on top of the water in the toilet.
I passed two today. almost 3/4 of an inch long, 1/2 inch diameter.
very ill feeling, I have had all the above, from swollen and tight bloating, piercing tearing pain, deep dull ache. in abdominal.
in the last month or more, I am gluten free, but get full fast and not a big appetite. I am losing weight and inches, not really working at it though, I am honestly concerned.
I have had multiple mri of abdomen with and without contrast, ct scans, ultrasounds, mrcp, barium study, x ray, nothing shows anything. even scopes upper and colonoscopy multiple times. I have had stool studies, and fecal fatty count, all normal. I assure though this is not normal.
my spleen will be mildly enlarged generally, and I had gastric sleeve in november 2021 before these started. I got really sick the weekend this condition began. high fever, vomiting uncontrollably. and I ended up in the hospital 4 days long, pumped up with antibiotics for at least 3 days straight. and it was never determined what was the cause. I was discharged, before I left to go out to my car, I had a tummy ache and passed my first “stone” or whatever they are. I told a nurse there, they said it was probably something I ate and never looked at it.
long story short, this condition only worsens with pain, and other symptoms. and doctors refuse to examine these, or even look at a photo. I am also very frustrated and discouraged. 1,000 of dollars later in medical bills, we have no idea, I have gotten worse, and have upset many doctors, life is very limited. I live in constant pain, I have irritable bowel symptoms with constipation, much upper abdominal pain, and lower. I hurt after I eat.
the covid vaccine made me very sick with gi issues, even white stools. I really think I will die of this someday and no one will very understand until they do a biopsy on me. such a sad truth.
let me know how you are.
I have been wondering if these are like a pancreas cyst or something that can be passed into stool, I had my gallbladder out in 2006, this began after my second son was born in 2014, these don’t show up on imaging, and nothing takes them away. I have been told I have extra pancreas on the outside of my pancreas, born that way… but no one(doctors) believe me I think. life is less lived because of this.
did it ever clear up with your son ? if so how long did it take and was he constipated ?
my daughter is 13 months ans this has been going on for the last 2 week. her doctor has made me play around with her diet and nothing changed yet . God to schedule a stool test soon.
no this is not ibs. irritable bowel syndrome normally appears with sever constipation or diarrhea for an extended period of time normally involving blood and can come with pain to the abdominal area it should not cause yellow blobs. dont wry its not worms or cancer because normally cancer has bleeding inside the colons which can cause oily black tar like stools so it’s most likely you swallowing mucus and that getting digested and being put in your poop it can also have a fiberous form so rather than telling the doctor about the blobs themselves tell him other symptoms and the form of the stool to get a more direct answer
i am sorry but gallstones have a more greenish color and tends to be more choppy then this
they are most likely just globs of sealed up mucus that is being swallowed or it could be your stomach while having issues packages up nutrients it cant digest into a package similar to how baby birds do
I have been passing these yellow balls, they match others posted pictures, for over 4 years now. I feel movement inside my stomach, chest, back and scalp. I’m have lost over 20lbs, have little appetite, feel nauseous at times, am extremely tired. my labs come back normal, even with the yellow balls in my stool. I know my body, very well and this is not from any medication, irritable bowl, etc. My son has them in his stool now and is having the same symptoms.
I have seen labeled pictures of examples of parasitic eggs passed in stool. One picture shows the same yellow eggs, which are labeled tapeworm eggs.
The problem is the lab is not identifying the yellow eggs. The labs results come back as negative for eggs or ova. As a result I have been suffering with this, and now my son, for several years.