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Can clear oil at the top of toilet water after bowel movement be a fat absorption problem?

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Dr. David Lipkin answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Unlikely: Clear oil floating on the surface is not part of the description fat malabsorption. It may be mucus which is normal with a bowel movement. With significant fat malabsorption the patient gets steatorrhea: greasy foul smelling voluminous stools pale in color.

Answered 6/3/2021

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