Would floating stool caused by fat sink after a few minutes? Worried its fat not gas. Had stool tests including fecal fat test but not 72hr one normal

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A 34-year-old male asked:

Stool is brown, formed and soft. Occ. Floats then sinks. Seems to have clear haze top of water. Had fecal fat test but not 72hr one. Fat malabsorption?

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A 34-year-old male asked:

Worried about occ.Floating stool urq disc. Had CT scan, u.S. Hida scan and stool tests (did test fecal fat but not 72hr one). All tests normal. Worry?

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A 35-year-old male asked:

Doing a 72hr fecal fat test. If positive, what test would be next. Already had in last 2yrs. Normal colonoscopy, u.S., CT scan and other stool tests?

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A 59-year-old male asked:

I have been having floating stools for a week, my GI doctor wants me to have a fecal fat testing done. I would like to know what the results would show and what would be the next step after that. Also been having abdominal pains, maybe IBS.

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A 43-year-old male asked:

Had a stool sample done pancreatic elastase fecal by elisa was 668 ug/g which seems really high also fecal fat semiquantitative was abnormal +2 I'm really constipated never feel hungry. What are the possible issues here? GI track feels disconnected?

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A 42-year-old male asked:

Floating stools sent me to gastro. Fecal fat high 13g/24 hrs but fecal elastase >500. Lost 5 pounds. 2 mris with contrast and Mrcp reveal normal pancreas and normal caliber of duct. Should I worry about Pancreatic cancer as cause of high fecal fat?

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A 34-year-old male asked:

Are normal cbc, billuprin, amylase and lipase levels, CT scan and qualitative fecal fat test a good indication against pancreatic cancer?

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A 34-year-old member asked:

Fat droplets in stool what does that mean?

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A 32-year-old member asked:

Help! what causes the presence of fat in a stool?

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A 38-year-old female asked:

My stool is always thick heavy pasty but soft but it's still hard to pass. What can I do to get my stool to become more light and loose?

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A 39-year-old male asked:

My stools have been floating for years. I've had stool tested for fat a couple of times and the results were negative. What could be the cause?

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A 34-year-old male asked:

My stools have been very long and in large amounts at a time. I go daily. Stool is soft, formed and thick as sausage. But very long pieces. Concern?

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A 35-year-old member asked:

Why was my last stool white and looked like a fat worm?

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A 24-year-old male asked:

Very dry fat stool and rubbery. What to do? Even though I've been taking lots of water?

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A 34-year-old female asked:

Sudan IV test shows fat in stool. What is the next step to finding out why fat is being malabsorbed?

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A 28-year-old male asked:

What would cause a sudden onset of passing small pebble stool covered in thick white mucus/fatty like substance?

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A 18-year-old female asked:

I recently had stool with what looked like a red thick string, is this something I should get checked out right away?

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A 24-year-old male asked:

My stool is never hard anymore. Always soft & mushy. Hard to pass. Why might this be? Sometimes easy cause it's thick watery.

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A 35-year-old male asked:

Every 2/3 weeks I have thick mucous in and around my stool. It's sticky, quite thick, and has the consistency of rubber cement. what is it?

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A 21-year-old male asked:

My test show that i have malabsorption(fat and amydon on stool) . What diet should i have. And how can i find out what causes it? Thank you!

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A 41-year-old member asked:

What foods cause orange oily fat in stool?

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A 31-year-old female asked:

I have maroon colored thick mucus mixed in my stool. What would cause that?

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A 34-year-old male asked:

Does floating stool caused by fat malabsorption have an obvious bad smell?

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