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Are occasional light colored stools something i should worry about? it's never the whole stool (seems to be the end of bm that's lighter).
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Anything: "occasional" when referring to the color of bowel movements is NORMAL but OVER CONCERN about the appearance of your stools IS NOT! Hope this is helpful!!!!! Dr Z
Answered 12/8/2017
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