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My stools haven't been the same since pots started consisting of brown and very hard to yellow orangered mushy light brown lots of undigested food norm.colon/egd normalct/ultrasound lost lbs, confused!

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? Stool analysis : If you stool is not yet analysed for malabsorption, have you doctor analyse the stool . He could consider pancreatic insufficiency, other causes of malabsorption and irritable bowl syndrome.

Answered 4/28/2013

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POTS: Pots doesn't explain everything and, in particular, has nothing to do with your bowel movements.

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