i have chrohns disease , ive been lately complaning about my stools on somedays being like bile yellow diarea. and when i wipe theres yellow but then sometimes i have just reagular like always loose stools. im wandering if this is part of the disease having this color for the past 6 months
9/22/08 8:23am
Loose, yellow stools can signal excess fat in the stool, such as due to malabsorption (not uncommon in Crohn's) or, sometimes they can be related to a liver problem (also not uncommon in IBD).
In either case, please discuss this symptom with your doctor.
Hope
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