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Silent reflux and stool colour.

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susiecooper16
susiecooper16

Hello.  I wonder if anyone has experienced a change in stool colour?  Mine go yellow at times.  I think I have read somewhere that this could be a sign of allergy - does anyone have any insight into this please?  Thanks.

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  • steve55315
    steve55315 susiecooper16

    Posted

    Yellow stools can be caused by giardiasis, a protozoan infection that can cause significant diarrhea but everyone has yellow stools periodically as we struggle to digest things we throw at our tummys. 
  • bronwyn97278
    bronwyn97278 susiecooper16

    Posted

    Hi....stool changes (colour ie) can be caused by MANY things, including medications that we take....it can also be a sign of too much fat in flood....I have had pale orange coloured stools since commencing a STATIN drug for high levels of Cholesterol (LDH..family inherited..both my sisters have same prob, and also take a Statin)..and it doesn't mean a person has to be overweight, as I have always been a small size in clothes, normally 54 -58 kilos, and 5ft 4inches in height)...if it were a tummy bug (gardisia), it  would more likely be a greenish colour and definately have bad diarreoha???   ...bron
  • jayne22513
    jayne22513 susiecooper16

    Posted

    Hi my stools changed colour to beige at Xmas and stayed that way until I stopped eating lactose in food and drinks. I had cameras up and down also CT scans blood tests. I lost a lot of weight too. Been lactose free for a month stools have returned to normal. I have put a few pounds back on too. Hope this helps x
    • steve55315
      steve55315 jayne22513

      Posted

      I am lactose intolerant too but I can eat smaller amounts of it.

      its difficult to be lactose free because we need a lot of calcium that is in dairy foods. ca,chum supplements are disastrous even with vitamin D because if acid rebound.

      Me? I can eat hard cheeses that have low lactose and that gives me calcium enough. But hard cheeses also definitely cause constipation in high amounts. parmisan is great - easy to digest, low in lactose and high in calcium.

       

    • bronwyn97278
      bronwyn97278 jayne22513

      Posted

      Hi Jayne;   sounds as if you were lucky in finding your prob...being "lactose intorant" ???  There ae sooo many people out there with this issue.  I remember 2 of my cousins being same from infancy, my aunt gave them Goat's milk, which solved the problem:  apparently goat's milk has less fat in it.  Congrats for finding your answer, as too many suffer from terrible abdominal pain, until they find the cause, and I feel it is always something in their diet that is the cause.     Bron
    • jayne22513
      jayne22513 bronwyn97278

      Posted

      Hi, yep lucky in the end. I have been suffering for 18 months with gastritis. Had terrible stomach problems. Then it got so much worse at Xmas. I lost so much weight. Before gastritis I was 10st 8 lb. I went down to just over 8st. Felt like I was fading away. Since stopping the lactose the gastritis seems under control. 

      Stomach problems are dreadful it was all consuming. Hoping you find an answer x

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