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I've had water like diarrhea for about six days now today i've not been running to the toilet then when i did go my stool was white. in ideas?
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Ok: The color of stool depends on the ingested material , bile and the digestive process.....your intestine is 28 feet long........the segment of stool you saw lacked bile or contained ingested material which is white.
Answered 12/23/2015
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