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Bowel Transit Time
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A bowel transit time test measures how
long it takes for food to travel through the
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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: |
Fewer than 20% of the markers show up on an X-ray after 5 days (120 hours). |
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| Slowed: |
More than 20% of the markers show up on an X-ray after 5 days (120 hours). |
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference March 7, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology |
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