Pale stool
Pale stool: Introduction
Pale stool: Unusual paleness of stool.
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Causes of Pale stool:
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Medical Books Excerpts
- Constipation
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Rectal pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Constipation
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Rectal pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Constipation
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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Pale stool: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Pale stool
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed....read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The digestive system contains...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,
but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut.
This leads to " digestive...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal illness (i.e. infectious...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, or ...read more »
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Pale stool: Related Rare Diseases
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Diagnostic tests for Pale stool:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Pale stool. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Inspect color of the skin and sclera of the eyes - e.g. the yellow discoloration of the sclera and the skin in jaundice results from elevated Bilirubin levels in the blood.
- Abdominal examination for enlarged liver, enlarged spleen, ascites and palpable gallbladder which may be associated with various causes of cholestatic jaundice and may help in determining the cause - e.g. if there is little or no enlargement of the liver this would suggest Gilbert's disease or Dubin-Johnson syndrome; enlarged gallbladder may suggest obstructive jaundice, cancer of the pancreas, cancer of the bile ducts or cancer of the ampulla of Vater; significantly enlarged spleen may suggest infectious mononucleosis or cirrhosis of the liver; edema and ascites would suggest alcoholic cirrhosis.
- Look for evidence of chronic liver disease such as reddening of the palms, easy bruising, muscle wasting, testicular atrophy and enlargement of the breasts in males
- Blood tests
- Full blood count, ESR
- Renal function tests and biochemistry
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Pale stool.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you had the pale stool? - to determine if acute or chronic.
- Have there been any previous episodes of jaundice?
- Past medical history? - some medical conditions may cause obstructive or cholestatic jaundice including gallstones, cancer of the pancreas, cancer of the bile duct, strictures of the bile duct; sclerosing cholangitis is a cause of jaundice and may be associated with ulcerative colitis; Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with Sjogren's syndrome, scleroderma and rheumatoid arthritis; Steatorrhea (fatty, pale colored, extremely smelly stools that float in the toilet and are difficult to flush away) is due to excess fat in the stool and are characteristic of malabsorption of nutrients which may be due to celiac disease, chronic pancreatitis, previous gastrectomy and cystic fibrosis.
- Past Surgical history? - e.g. certain anesthetics such as halothane may cause cholestatic jaundice; gastrectomy may cause steatorrhea (fatty, pale colored, extremely smelly stools that float in the toilet and are difficult to flush away due to excess fat in the stool and are characteristic of malabsorption of nutrients).
- Medications? - many medications may cause cholestatic jaundice including isoniazid, methyldopa, halothane, ketoconazole, niacin, nitrofurantoin, disulfiram, rifampin, testosterone, propylthiouracil, oral contraceptives, mercury.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Pale stool) may include:
- Symptoms of jaundice? - e.g. yellowing if skin, yellowing of the sclera of the eyes and dark colored urine. If pale stool is present with yellowing of the skin and sclera and dark urine, this suggests obstructive or cholestatic type jaundice such as gallstones, cancer of the pancreas, cancer of the bile duct, strictures of the bile duct, pancreatitis, some medications, recurrent jaundice of pregnancy, sclerosing cholangitis, viral hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver and alcoholic hepatitis.
- Abdominal pain? - In a person with jaundice and pale stool may suggest common duct stones, sclerosing cholangitis, pancreatic cancer, bile duct cancer, pancreatitis, viral or alcoholic hepatitis.
- Itching of the skin? - If pale stool is present with itching of the skin, this suggests obstructive or cholestatic liver disease such as viral hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, recurrent jaundice of pregnancy, primary biliary cirrhosis, common bile duct gallstones, cancer of the bile ducts, cholangitis, pancreatitis, biliary stricture, some medications.
- Weight loss? - If weight loss is associated with jaundice and pale stool may suggest pancreas or bile duct cancer; if weight loss and pale stool without jaundice must consider steatorrhea.
- Diarrhea, and if so what is the nature of the stools? - e.g. fatty, pale colored, extremely smelly stools that float in the toilet and are difficult to flush away is called steatorrhea due to excess fat in the stool and are characteristic of malabsorption of nutrients which may be due to celiac disease, chronic pancreatitis, previous gastrectomy and cystic fibrosis. Pale colored diarrhea stools may also occur with Giardia and viral hepatitis.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Pale stool
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Organs affected by Pale stool:
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Detailed list of causes of Pale stool
The list below shows some of the causes of Pale stool mentioned in various sources:
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How Common are these Causes of Pale stool?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Pale stool.
Of the 98
causes of Pale stool that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 4
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 7
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 85
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Pale stool
Conditions listing symptoms: Pale stool:
The following list of conditions
have 'Pale stool' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
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Acanthocytosis
... pale stoolAutoimmune thyroid disease associated Celiac Disease
... Pale stoolB
Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 2
... pale stoolBile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 4
... pale stoolBile acid synthesis defects
... pale stoolBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 1
... pale stoolBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 2
... pale stoolBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 3
... pale stoolBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 4
... pale stoolBile duct cysts
... pale stoolBile duct paucity in Graft-Versus-Host Disease
... pale stoolBile duct paucity in Liver Allograft Rejection
... pale stoolBile duct paucity, non syndromic form
... pale stoolBiliary Atresia
... pale stoolBiliary atresia, intrahepatic, syndromic form
... white stoolBiliary hypoplasia
... pale stoolBiliary tract cancer
... white stoolC
Celiac Disease
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 1
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 10
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 11
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 12
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 13
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 2
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 3
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 4
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 5
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 6
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 7
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 8
... pale stoolCeliac disease, susceptibility to 9
... pale stoolCholangitis
... pale stoolCholecystitis
... pale stoolCholestasis
... pale stoolCholestasis - pigmentary retinopathy - cleft palate
... pale stoolCholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 1
... light-colored stoolCholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 2
... light-colored stoolCholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 3
... light-colored stoolCollagenous celiac disease
... Pale stoolD
Down's syndrome associated Celiac Disease
... Pale stoolG
Gallstones
... Clay-colored stoolsGiardia
... pale stoolsH
Hepatitis
... pale fecesHepatitis A
... light colored stoolHepatitis B
... light colored stoolHepatitis C
... light colored stoolHepatitis X (non-A,-B,-C,-D,-E)
... pale stoolJ
Jaundice
... pale fecesM
Malignant Jaundice
... pale stoolMalignant obstructive biliary disease
... pale stoolN
Neonatal hepatitis
... pale stoolO
Obstructive biliary disease
... pale stoolObstructive Jaundice
... pale stoolsP
Pancreatic insufficiency
... pale stoolPFIC
... light-colored stoolPrimary biliary cirrhosis
... pale stoolPsychiatric disorders associated Celiac Disease
... Pale stoolR
Refractory Celiac Disease
... Pale stoolS
Spencer disease
... pale stoolSprue
... pale stoolSteatorrhea
... pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 1
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 10
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 11
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 12
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 13
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 2
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 3
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 4
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 5
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 6
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 7
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 8
... Pale stoolSusceptibility to Celiac Disease 9
... Pale stoolT
Tropical sprue
... pale stoolTurner syndrome associated Celiac Disease
... Pale stoolType 1 diabetes related Celiac Disease
... Pale stoolV
Viral Hepatitis
... Light-colored stools, pale fecesW
William's syndrome associated Celiac Disease
... Pale stool
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Causes of Pale stool Based on Risk Factors
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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Pale stool?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Pale stool, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
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Classifications of Pale stool:
Subtypes of Pale stool:
White stool (79 causes), Yellow stool (79 causes), Stools, clay-colored
Medical Conditions associated with Pale stool:
Stool color (315 causes), White stool (79 causes), Yellow stool (79 causes), Stool symptoms (2234 causes), Bowel problems (2317 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes)
Symptoms related to Pale stool:
Stool symptoms (2234 causes), Jaundice (619 causes), Itching (1268 causes), Yellow skin (372 causes), Yellow eyes (365 causes), Celiac disease, Cystic fibrosis
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