All the information, content and live chat provided on the site is intended to be for informational purposes only, and not a substitute for professional or medical advice. It has happen a few times before though. I have heard that if their is blood in the stool, the stool is a blackish color. Seeing tomato skin objects is a clue. Undigested food in a person’s stool is not usually a cause for concern. Twice now Seeing small red pieces in your stool can be shocking. That's exactly how it looks when it comes out in my ostomy bag. It looks like tomato skin to me. An IBS community providing characteristics for diagnosis of symptoms and treatment, forums and chat rooms to talk about ibs, blogs, resource links, brochures, medical tests, book list, penpals, meetings, research studies and a list of medications. If you find blood in your stool either by itself on the toilet paper, in the water or streaked in the stools, this can indicate a bleeding source from the anal canal or a low rectal source. If the tomato skins were concentrated from a stool, then stained with dyes and examined under a microscope and if they looked typical with the morpholgy of a fluke that would be diagnostic. Could definitely be a piece of Asacol shell too. Of course I don't eat popcorn every day, but every day there are these bits there on the toilet paper. For people allergic to tomatoes, consumption may lead to severe symptoms like swelling of mouth, tongue and face, sneezing, throat irritation, etc. The tomato skin if not digested properly can look like blood in the stool. It suggests the person has flukes but is not diagnostic. Science! “Things like internal hemorrhoids, anal fissures, rectal polyps or rectal cancers can all do this,” said Nelson. Tomato skin in stool White skin in stool Onion skin things in stool Skin tissue in stool Download Here Free HealthCareMagic App to Ask a Doctor. and if you can’t see the pictures well, they are thin objects (think paper mache or tissue paper..in terms of thickness) they seem to be almost smooth on one side and on the other, it is like a textured snake skin scale pattern. It’s cool. Consuming red foods can cause this harmless side effect. Sometimes they looked like tomato skin, all rolled up. It's hard to tell texture from the pic but it could also be a small piece of bloody mucus. Allergies: Tomatoes contain a compound called histamine which may lead to skin rashes or allergies. It usually looks like it may be the skin of the tomato that hasn't been digested as well the rest of the food and bits of it are left in the stool. Otherwise tomatoes do not change the color of stool. Please help me identify what I have passed in my stool. Dependable irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) causes, symptoms, support and treatment for digestive health sufferers, family and friends since 1987. All of these are reasons to see a doctor. It smells sour almost?? The body is not able to fully break down high-fiber foods, or foods with hard shells, such as sweetcorn. looked like the clear brown and curved skin of a popcorn kernal (the stuff that always gets stuck between your teeth and gums). You might even mistake them for blood. 2. It does not happen all of the time. Aw its so small!! Well we cant say for sure what it is as we cant see it but I know when i have tomatoes, red peppers or various other red foods I have small bits of them in my stool. Flukes are Platyhelmenthes which means flat worms. 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