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There is orange oil in my stool from last two months. what is the cause and treatment?

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Dr. Katharine Cox answered

Specializes in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Orange oil: This may reflect a problem with absorption. Look at anything new in your diet particularly a vitamin or fat containing product. Have your doctor exam your stool. All the best.

Answered 1/6/2018

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Fat droplet in stool: The amount, color, frequency of stool varies with foods, speed of emptying of the GI tract, medications ; supplements ingested, gut flora (unique for each individual), additives (like blood), subtractions (like absent bile), infection, inflammation, & other factors. You are describing steatorrhea--due to maldigestion, pancreatic insufficiency, ingestion of olestra or orlistat, high fat intake...

Answered 8/26/2018

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