Pictures Of Fatty Stool

The main cause for fatty stool is non absorption of fat particles in the food.

Pictures of fatty stool. Your digestive tract has failed to absorb fats. These include proteins fibers and salts. Steatorrhea or fatty stool occurs when there is too much fat in the stool. Some patients described oily anal leakage to be among the other.

Once the stool has fatty particles it leads to a stool that is bulky and floats greasy in appearance and has a foul smell. Picture 2 the mechanism of fat mixture in the git leading to steatorrhea. However if your stool contains oily or greasy substances floating in water it can be steatorrhea. The occurrence of fat in the stool is due to the fact that the digestive tract was not able to absorb all the fatty components from the food.

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. Picture 3 fatty deposits on the stool. Epi is a condition where your pancreas doesn t make or release enough of the enzymes needed to help your digestive. Picture 4 steatorrhea may also be brought about by problems that affect the biliary tract.

The floating of the stool is also possible due to the fact that excessive quantities of gas are present as well. The term steatorrhea means that there are fatty components present in the stool.