Question about light colored stools
#345176 - 04/28/09 07:26 AM
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Hi, I've had this for a very long time and recently read somewhere that light colored (yellowish)stools could come from a number of things including liver problems. I just thought that this is related to IBS and my doctor never questioned me what color my stools are. Does anyone else have this? 
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What have you been eating? Sometimes what you eat makes your BMs a certain color... I have light ones every now and then, and VERY dark ones. Depends.
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There's a good post by a GI on Mayo Clinic's site... I tried to find it, but I couldn't - too late, must get some sleep!  BUT - once I was worried and this dr's post helped my anxiety by defining different colored stools.
However, yes, mine have been yellow sometimes - usually during a severe flare up and it can be due to the bile content in your stool. I was checked for gallstones, but not the problem. This dr. explains every color from dark brown to green! 
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This is what I found on the MayoClinic site.
Green Food is moving through the large intestine too quickly, such as due to diarrhea. As a result, bile doesn't have time to break down completely. Green leafy vegetables, green food coloring, such as in Kool-Aid or popsicles, iron supplements.
Light-colored, white or clay-colored A lack of bile in stool. This may indicate a bile duct obstruction. Certain medications, such as large doses of bismuth subslicylate (Kaopectate, Pepto-Bismol) and other anti-diarrheal drugs.
Yellow, greasy, foul-smelling Excess fat in the stool, such as due to a malabsorption disorder. Sometimes the protein gluten, such as in celiac disease. But see a doctor for evaluation.
Black Bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract, such as the stomach. Iron supplements, bismuth subsalicylate (Kaopectate, Pepto-Bismol), black licorice.
Bright red Bleeding in the lower intestinal tract, such as the large intestine or rectum. Red food coloring, beets, cranberries, tomato juice or soup, red Jell-O or Kool-Aid.
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