I Have Yellow Stool For The Last 6 Weeks. What

Posted on Wed, 18 Sep 2019

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Question : I have yellow stool for the last 6 weeks. What is wrong? I have pictures. I fear a pancreas issue.

Answered by Dr. Dr.P.Ratnakar Kini (29 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for posting your query.
I am Dr.RK and I am pleased to assist you.
Kindly upload the pictures.
Regards,
Dr.RK

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr.P.Ratnakar Kini (5 hours later)

This started in February with my stool sticking to the bowl after flushing, it was still brown then. I then developed gerd in March and was treated with Prilosec for a week. It didn’t help but blood tests came back normal. In April I Went to a holistic doc who gave me digestive enzymes to help my acid in stomach. This fixed the stool sticking to bowl and gerd issues until the middle of July. Gerd retuned and enzymes didn’t help. So I went to GI doc and was given protonix for 6 weeks. Initially, this made my poop yellow and the doc backed me off to 20 from 40 mg. Poop was still less brown than normal. I had a follow up 3 weeks ago and she switched me to nexium. Hasn’t really helped the gerd much so I stopped taking it two weeks ago hoping the poop would change back to more brown but it hasn’t. Also been having quite large stool as you can see in the pictures. I have also lost about 3-4 pounds since July. From 160 down to 156.

Answered by Dr. Dr.P.Ratnakar Kini (6 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Answer given below

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I saw the pictures.
The stool looks normal only.
If you are worried about pancreatic issue, you can get CT scan of the abdomen and stool elastase and stool fat test done.
Regards,
Dr.R.K

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar