Photo Of Fatty Stool

Pic 1 steatorrhea showing fatty stool.

Photo of fatty stool. This gives a greasy or oily appearance to steatorrhea stools. Steatorrhea is suspected when a person has stools that are foul smelling greasy and large. People affected with this disorder pass stools that contain an excess amount of fat. Now and then all of us might suffer from greasy or fatty stools that typically float in the toilet and are hard to flush.

However if your stool contains oily or greasy substances floating in water it can be steatorrhea. The main cause for fatty stool is non absorption of fat particles in the food. Your digestive tract has failed to absorb fats. Steatorrhea or fatty stool occurs when there is too much fat in the stool.

In patients of steatorrhea color of feces often becomes pale. Occasional fat in the stool is normal especially after a very rich meal at a fancy french restaurant for example where you probably feasted on high fat foods. Stools that are loose in nature. Stools that are pale.

In steatorrhea fatty stools are a major issue. Other symptoms and signs that are associated with steatorrhea are as follows. Steatorrhea or fatty stool symptoms explained. The qualitative test measures the number of fat globules drops in one stool sample.

The excess fat will cause the stool to have an oily aspect such changes being accompanied by a characteristic foul odor when one suffers from steatorrhea fecal incontinence might be present. Typical levels are fewer than 50 neutral fat globules and fewer than 100 fatty acid fat globules both as seen. Stool or feces contain a mixture of undigested nutrients. Fatty stool is medically described as steatorrhea getting oily stool once in a while is quite normal and can be caused by dietary changes or due to stomach infections.

Stools that are bulky or heavy.