Symptom: Steatorrhea

Introduction: Steatorrhea

Steatorrhea: A condition which occurs when there is an excess of fat in the faeces. See free access online books about Steatorrhea below. See detailed information below for a list of 15 causes of Steatorrhea, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Steatorrhea:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Steatorrhea. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Cystic fibrosis
• Milk allergy (type of Food allergies)

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Steatorrhea

Home medical tests possibly related to Steatorrhea:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Tests

Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Stool symptoms (768 causes)
• Stool odor (44 causes)
• Bowel problems (824 causes)
• Odor symptoms (72 causes)
• Digestive symptoms (2184 causes)
• Abdominal symptoms (1394 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Steatorrhea

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Steatorrhea:

• Stool symptoms (768 causes)
• Stool color changes (181 causes)
• Stool odor (44 causes)
• Bowel symptoms (2184 causes)

Diagnostic Guides for Steatorrhea

Medical Books Excerpts Read excerpts from published book sections related to Steatorrhea from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Steatorrhea. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Steatorrhea

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Misdiagnosis and Steatorrhea

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Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac...read more »

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Definitions of Steatorrhea:

Steatorrhea: Passage of fat in large amounts in the feces, due to failure to digest and absorb it; occurs in pancreatic disease and the malabsorption syndromes. SYN: fat indigestion. SYN: stearrhea. [steato- + G. rhoia, a flow]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

The presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces which are frothy and foul smelling and floating; a symptom of disorders of fat metabolism and malabsorption syndrome
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Excessive amounts of fats in the feces, as in malabsorption syndromes.
- (Source - CRISP)

Detailed list of causes of Steatorrhea

The list below shows some of the causes of Steatorrhea mentioned in various sources:

• Abetalipoproteinemia - steatorrhea
• Childhood liver cancer, primary - steatorrhea
• Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 1 - steatorrhea
• Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 2 - steatorrhea
• Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 3 - steatorrhea

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How Common are these Causes of Steatorrhea?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Steatorrhea. Of the 15 causes of Steatorrhea that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 2 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 13 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 15 causes of Steatorrhea

Conditions listing symptoms: Steatorrhea:

The following list of conditions have 'Steatorrhea' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Classifications of Steatorrhea:

Medical Conditions associated with Steatorrhea:

Stool symptoms (757 causes), Stool odor (38 causes), Bowel problems (805 causes), Odor symptoms (72 causes), Digestive symptoms (2166 causes), Abdominal symptoms (1353 causes)

Symptoms related to Steatorrhea:

Stool symptoms (757 causes), Stool color changes (174 causes), Stool odor (38 causes), Bowel symptoms (2166 causes)

Steatorrhea as a disease:

For a more detailed analysis of Steatorrhea as a disease, please see our Disease Center information for Steatorrhea.

• Causes of Steatorrhea (6 conditions)
• Medication Causes of Steatorrhea (1 causes)

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