Bowel Transit Time: Results
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A bowel transit time test measures how long it takes for food to travel through the digestive tract 
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Bowel transit time depends on what types of food you eat and how much you drink. Different people have different bowel transit times.
| Normal: | The last pellets show up within 36 to 48 hours. |
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| Slowed: | The pellets take more than 72 hours to show up in the stool. |
| Last updated: | April 11, 2008 |
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| Author: | Monica Rhodes |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Peter J. Kahrilas, MD - Gastroenterology |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Tracy Landauer |
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