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Fatty stool
Fatty stool is a clinical finding in which stool is oily and likely floats. This is often due to problems digesting fats.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
14 year experience in family medicine
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A 32-year old asked:
Can eating chips with that stuff in it everyday cause a fatty stool?
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A 33-year old asked:
I am taking alli. is it normal to have fatty stools?
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A 43-year old asked:
Explain why fatty stools result from the absence of digestion?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Can one have SIBO without Steatorrhea fatty stools ?
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A female asked:
Is it normal to still have fatty stools after a gallbladder removal? I am having stools that appear like i am not digesting fat. i s that normal 3 years after i have had my gallbladder removed?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Can very black fatty stools trigger a yeast infection in men?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Ithink my panctitis,s chronic now. Pain all the time, yellow fatty stool, urine taffy like. Docs say all test came back ok? Why im in pain then?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Can stools look fatty from having a fatty liver?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have noticed fatty deposits in my stool over the last few weeks. About 5 years ago, I was diagnosed and treated for H.Pylori that had gone untreated?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Will I benefit from stool studies at age 35 when I alway have bulky fatty greasy floaty smelly stools light brown not light grey or yellow.or just ibs?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Does floating stool caused by fat malabsorption have an obvious bad smell?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I had change in my bowels, when I go loo I noticed some white stuff on my stool not sure if fatty or not bit how toilet paper looks but its not???
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A 37-year old asked:
Can too much fat in the diet cause stringy stool?
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A 46-year old asked:
What causes the presence of fat in a child's stool?
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A 31-year old asked:
Low fat diet changed stool color, is it normal?
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A 45-year old asked:
How to tell difference between mucus or fat or worms in poo stool?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Told:fat malabsorption Only one stool sample and dr told me to eat hi fat. had wendys twice that day before sample stools were hard/const. is he right?
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A 35-year old male asked:
I'm currently doing a 72 hr stool collection to test for fecal fat. Why is my stool steaming in the container?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Would floating stool caused by fat sink after a few minutes? worried its fat not gas. had stool tests including fecal fat test but not 72hr one normal
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A 31-year old female asked:
Symptoms loose stools for over 7 months, diagnosed with fatty liver and now my Dr wants to do colonoscopy not too sure why any ideas as to why?
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A 32-year old male asked:
What does fairly frequent soft stool and upset stomach indicate? It usually is work when i eat fatty foods.
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A 37-year old female asked:
Chronic nausea cant eat anything fatty, oily or gas drink pain and swelling below breastbone Tired shivers with fever Loose stools clay colour Dizzy?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Can GastroParesis cause severe constipation and many undigested food in stool including fat?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I have loose stool with a look like fat ,mucus in it .Could it be puss coming out with poop? What makes this happen?it's the first time i'm seeing it
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A 26-year old female asked:
Organ Scleroderma? Socalled fat malabsorptionafter 1 stool sample lost 16lbs have POTS .ANA 1:80 speckeled esr 29 was healthy before death of baby EGDgastritis Colonoscopy norm CT/ABD-norm no familyhx
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A member asked:
What causes severe stomach pain, yellow stool with white fat globules, nausea, and vomiting if appendix and gall bladder have been removed?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Yellow stools, fat malabsorption. normal colon/EGD-Gastritis normal HIDA, CTabd/pelvis normal RUQ ultrasound , no autoantibody 4 pancreatitis now what?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Neg- colonoscopy,EGD,HIDA,CT abd/pelvis,RUQ ultrasound,celiec panel. smallbowel series showed Rapid transit. neg pancreas test What on earth is causing my weight loss and undigested food/fat in stool.
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A 31-year old asked:
Fatty feces in toilet - why does this happen?
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A 44-year old asked:
Why is my stool red?
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