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For a week, my stools have been pasty, i'm not concerned as i don't have pain nor anything like it, just for curiosity, are pasty stools normal?
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Stool: if by pasty stool you mean clay colored stool then it is nit normal and warrants evaluation for biliary disorders
Answered 2/4/2017
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