Table of Contents
- Overview
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Call your health care provider if your stools vary from the normal brown color.
What to expect at your health care provider's office
The doctor will perform a physical exam and ask questions about your medical history and symptoms. Questions may include:
- When did the symptom first occur?
- Does the discoloration affect every stool?
- What medicines do you take?
- What other symptoms do you have?
Tests that may be done include:
- Blood tests, including tests to check liver function and for viruses that might affect the liver
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Imaging studies such as an
abdominal ultrasound orCT scan
Images
Lower digestive anatomy
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Review Date: 08/14/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
