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Are gritty flakes in stool that float in bowl a cause for concern? have crohn's with bad diarrhea.

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Dr. Mohammed Parvez answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Fatty stool: Fatty stool or steatorrhea is mal absorption of fatty food due to decrease or absent pancreatic enzymes. Please discuss with your doctor if pancreatic enzyme replacement is right for you.

Answered 3/26/2019

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