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I've gad yellow stool for about a week now. my mother died from pancreatic cancer and this scares me?
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Blood test: You should definitely have a metabolic screen done to make sure there is no increase in bilirubin causing the change in color., but there are many other causes such as diet or pill injestion that can cause a change in stool color.
Answered 10/27/2016
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