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Why is does my stool look like ash?
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Many things.: Ash colored stool often indicates a difficulty with excretion of bilirubin as is seen in hepatitis, gallstone disease, alcoholic liver disease, or medication effect. Should see doc to have this evaluated.
Answered 4/5/2020
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