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If pale or clay-colored stool (or acholic stool as your doctor might refer to it) is the result of a serious health issue, there are usually other symptoms. Here are some of the reasons you might ...
Steatorrhea refers to bulky, foul-smelling, oily stool that tends to be pale in color and float in the toilet bowl, resisting flushing. (These are the 9 most common reasons your poop is black .)
Stools may be bulky and difficult to flush, have a pale and oily appearance, and can be especially foul-smelling. [1] An oily anal leakage or some level of fecal incontinence may occur. There is increased fat excretion, which can be measured by determining the fecal fat level.
Lawrence Meadows, the older brother of TODAY's Craig Melvin, died at 43 in December of 2020, four years after he had been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Doctors removed a baseball-sized ...
Mild symptoms include rectal pain with bowel movements, rectal discharge, and cramping. With severe cases, people may have discharge containing blood or pus, severe rectal pain, and diarrhea. Some people have rectal strictures, a narrowing of the rectal passageway. The narrowing of the passageway may cause constipation, straining, and thin stools.
The signs and symptoms of abetalipoproteinemia appear in the first few months of life (because pancreatic lipase is not active in this period). They can include failure to gain weight and grow at the expected rate ( failure to thrive ); diarrhea; abnormal spiny red blood cells ( acanthocytosis ); and fatty, foul-smelling stools ( steatorrhea ...
Physical symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Bile is required for the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins. [13] As such, patients with cholestasis may present with a deficiency in vitamins A, D, E, or K due to a decline in bile flow. [14] Patients with cholestasis may also experience pale stool and dark urine. [15]
IBS symptoms can vary greatly from person to person, and range from mild to extreme. Generally, IBS involves abdominal pain plus altered bowel movements, Dr. Lee says. The pain and bowel movements ...