Diarrhea in children and adults - a fairly common phenomenon, which can be caused by different reasons. But worry is not only the disorder of the intestines, but also the color of the stool. This is our article.
It is necessary to pay attention to the fact,than the person ate, if at it or him light color of a feces during 2-3 days. Sometimes the use of fatty foods such as sour cream, fat, butter, leads to the appearance of a liquid light yellow stool.
Taking medication
Often, the appearance of a light yellow, white or light stool may be a symptom of a violation of liver activity when exposed to drugs such as anti-tuberculosis drugs, antibiotics.
What to do?
At the first appearance of unusual symptomsIt is necessary to observe the consistency and color of the stool for several days. As a rule, the light color of the stool, not associated with any serious diseases, becomes brown for 1-2 days. And in the presence of serious diseases, gray, white or light feces may persist for several days without any apparent cause.
Possible diseases and symptoms with light feces
If the light color of stool is associated with serious diseases, the following symptoms are usually present:
- fever;
- painful sensations in the abdomen, right upper quadrant or right side;
- the skin and sclera of the eyes are colored yellow;
- deterioration of appetite, gradual and unexplained weight loss;
- vomiting and attacks of nausea;
- much swollen abdomen.
Chair white, gray or discolored
The light color of the feces in an adult may indicatediseases of the bile duct, pancreas or liver. To understand what could have caused the disease, you will need to describe your condition most accurately. For example, there is a discolored stool + a possible occurrence of pain in the right side + a probable temperature increase + a probable darkening of the urine. This combination of symptoms may indicate hepatitis, acute cholecystitis or obstruction of the bile duct. If you find all these symptoms, you need an urgent visit to a specialist.
Periodically a light yellow, liquid, foul-smelling stool
Frequent liquid feces of light yellow color with badodor can indicate a violation in the intestines when digesting fats that can become a source of diseases such as gallstones, gall bladder and pancreas cancer, chronic pancreatitis, celiac disease. For these diseases special treatment is required, they are very dangerous for life.
White scurf on feces or white mucus in feces
When clots appear greenish, dirty white, white-yellow or white mucus in the feces, or white on the stool can indicate diseases such as proctitis and internal fistulas of the rectum.
White inclusions in feces
In the presence of white inclusions, grains, fibers,specks, lumps, and grains in the stool, and if the light color of the stool is at the same time, you should not worry. These are particles of undigested food. In such cases, no special treatment is required.
"Worms" white in feces
Almost all intestinal parasites have white orlight yellow color. Most often in the feces can come across pinworms. When white worms appear in the feces, it is necessary to take tests and visit the infectious disease parasitologist. It is not recommended to be treated independently of parasites.
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