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My stool is often sinking and breaking into pieces in water and the smell os coming and color is yellow.plz suggest?

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See local dr: You may have some malabsorption and/or infection. See a local doctor who will need to send a stool sample to the lab for analysis.

Answered 5/14/2015

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