What Causes Floating Of White Particles In Stool?

Posted on Mon, 5 Jan 2015

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Mon, 5 Jan 2015 Answered on

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Question : White hairy poop and sum of the white stuff is floating

Answered by Dr. Dr. Prasad J (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hi,

I couldn't find details of your age, past medical history/treatment in this post. Further may I know how long have you been noticing those stool features. Do you have stomach pain, nausea, vomiting? Do you find blood in stools?

Presuming this was a recent symptom, the most likely cause would be undigested fat particles. You would get such fat substance in the stool occasionally following a highly fatty meal. And such incidents should not alarm you.

If you been noticing these for a long time, I need you to provide more details about duration of symptoms and associated symptoms (as described above).

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju