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Been having pale brown poop for past week or so.much lighter in color than normal. what cocould be wrong?
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Pale stool : Pale stools are most often a reflection of your diet. What you eat is most definitely reflected in your stools. But if pale stools are associated with other symptoms (e.g., jaundice, weight loss, colicky abdominal pain), this could indicate that the bile is not being excreted into your small intestine from the gall bladder correctly. I would recommend a wait-and-see approach for the next few days.
Answered 1/6/2015
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