Diarrhea in children and adults is a fairly common occurrence, which can be caused by various reasons. But not only an intestinal upset, but also the color of the stool should alert. This is our article.
Be sure to pay attention to what a person ate, if he has a light stool color for 2-3 days. Sometimes the use of fatty foods such as sour cream, lard, butter, leads to the appearance of a liquid light yellow stool.
Medication
Often, the appearance of light yellow, white or light stools can be a symptom of a violation of the liver when exposed to drugs such as anti-TB drugs, antibiotics.
What to do?
At the first occurrence of unusual symptoms, it is necessary to observe the consistency and color of the stool for several days. As a rule, the light color of feces, not associated with any serious diseases, becomes brown within 1-2 days. And in the presence of serious diseases, gray, white or light feces can persist for several days for no apparent reason.
Possible diseases and symptoms with light feces
If light stool is associated with serious illness, the following symptoms are usually present:
- elevated temperature;
- pain in the abdomen, right hypochondrium or right side;
- the skin and sclera of the eyes are painted yellow;
- loss of appetite, gradual and inexplicable weight loss ;
- vomiting and bouts of nausea;
- strongly swollen belly.
Chair white, gray or discolored
Light stool in an adult may indicate a disease in the biliary tract, pancreas, or liver. To understand what could have caused the disease, you will need to most accurately describe your condition. For example, there is a discolored stool + the probable occurrence of pain in the right side + a probable increase in temperature + a probable darkening of the urine. This combination of symptoms may indicate hepatitis, acute cholecystitis, or bile duct obstruction. If all these symptoms are detected, an urgent visit to a specialist is necessary.
Periodically light yellow, liquid, stinky
Frequent liquid feces of a light yellow color with a foul odor can indicate intestinal disturbances during the digestion of fats, which can become a source of diseases such as gallstones, gallbladder and pancreas cancer, chronic pancreatitis, celiac disease. These diseases require special treatment, they are very life-threatening.
White stool in the feces or white mucus in the stool
When clots of greenish, off-white, white-yellow or white mucus appear in the feces or white plaque on the feces may indicate diseases such as proctitis and internal fistulas of the rectum.
White inclusions in feces
In the presence of white inclusions, grains, fibers, specks, lumps, grains in the feces, and if the light color of the feces is at the same time, do not worry. These are particles of undigested food. In such cases, special treatment is not required.
"Worms" white in feces
Almost all intestinal parasites have a white or light yellow color. Most often, pinworms can be found in feces. When white worms appear in the feces, it is necessary to take tests and visit a parasitologist infectious disease specialist. Treating yourself for parasites is not recommended.