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- Stool color: Introduction
- Causes (315 conditions)
- Types
- Misdiagnosis
- Home Diagnostic Testing
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- Symptom Checker
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- News (7 listings)
- Stories from Users
Stool color: Introduction
Stool changes color with changes in diet, but also with various medical conditions. Stool color may also be associated with bloody stool (causing varying degrees of color change to the stool), mucus stool, and also with related symptoms such as black stool, stool odor or other stool symptoms. Seek prompt professional medical advice about such symptoms.
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Causes of Stool color:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Stool color.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
- Certain foods
- Blood in stool - see also the various causes of blood in stool
- Salmonella - can cause greenish stool (usually diarrhea)
- Giardia - can cause greenish stool (usually diarrhea)
- See also blood in stool, black stool, pale stool, bloody stool
- more causes...»
See full list of 315 causes of Stool color
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Causes of Types of Stool color:
Review the causes of these more specific types of Stool color:
- Black stool (42 causes)
- Pale stool (96 causes)
- Bloody stool (343 causes)
- Rubbery, orange precipitate in stool
- Green stool (10 causes)
- Stools, clay-colored
- Bloody diarrhea (73 causes)
- Rectal bleeding (259 causes)
- White stool (83 causes)
- Yellow stool (83 causes)
- Dark stool (39 causes)
- Anal bleeding (13 causes)
- more types...»
See full list of 18 types for Stool color
Stool color: Symptom Checker
Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Stool color, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.
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- Stool color and Stool symptoms (265 causes)
- Stool color and Bowel problems (260 causes)
- Stool color and Digestive symptoms (235 causes)
- Stool color and Abdominal symptoms (213 causes)
- Stool color and Bleeding symptoms (196 causes)
- Stool color and Pain (192 causes)
- Stool color and Bloody stool (183 causes)
- Stool color and Buttock bleeding (180 causes)
- Stool color and Nerve symptoms (175 causes)
- Stool color and Sensations (175 causes)
- Stool color and Bowel movements (173 causes)
- Stool color and Abdominal pain (162 causes)
- Stool color and Bowel incontinence (151 causes)
- Stool color and Diarrhea (151 causes)
- Stool color and Anal symptoms (142 causes)
- more...»
See full list of 2044 Symptom Checker combinations related to Stool color
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Causes of General Symptom Types
Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:
- Stool symptoms (2187 causes)
- Bowel problems (2267 causes)
- Digestive symptoms (4279 causes)
- Abdominal symptoms (3027 causes)
- more symptoms...»
Causes of Similar Symptoms to Stool color
Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Stool color:
- Bloody stool (343 causes)
- Mucus stool (45 causes)
- Stool symptoms (2187 causes)
- Stool odor (65 causes)
- Diarrhea (2132 causes)
- more symptoms...»
Diagnostic Guides for Stool color
Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Stool color from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Stool color. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Stool color
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Stool color: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
- Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
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Hospitals & Clinics: Stool color
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Misdiagnosis and Stool color
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas other causes that are...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance. The digestive system contains a variety of "good"...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good" bacteria in...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. ...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease,...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are...read more »
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Stool color: Related Rare Diseases
Rare types of medical conditions and diseases in related medical categories:
- Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
- more rare diseases...»
Home Diagnostic Testing and Stool color
Home medical tests possibly related to Stool color:
- Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
- Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
- Digestive-Related Home Testing:
- more tests...»
Stories from Users for Stool color
Real-life user stories relating to Stool color:
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Videos for Stool color
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Bowel Problems
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Causes of Stool color listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Stool color as a symptom include:
See full list of 315
causes of Stool color
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Detailed list of causes of Stool color
The list below shows some of the causes of Stool color mentioned in various sources:
- Abdominal Cancer - black tarry stools
- Abdominal Neoplasms - blood in stool
- Acanthocytosis - pale stool
- Acinic cell carcinoma - blood in stool
- Acorn poisoning - bloody diarrhea
- more causes...»
See full list of 315 causes of Stool color
How Common are these Causes of Stool color?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Stool color. Of the 315 causes of Stool color that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 3 causes are "very common" diseases
- 11 causes are "common" diseases
- 6 causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1 causes are "rare" diseases
- 18 causes are "very rare" diseases
- 286 causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 315 causes of Stool color
Conditions listing symptoms: Stool color:
The following list of conditions have 'Stool color' 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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Conditions listing complications: Stool color:
The following list of conditions have 'Stool color' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. 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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Causes of Stool color Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Stool color based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
What are the alternative names for Stool color:
Stool colour change
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Classifications of Stool color:
Subtypes of Stool color:
Black stool (26 causes), Pale stool (79 causes), Bloody stool (219 causes), Rubbery, orange precipitate in stool, Green stool, Stools, clay-colored, Bloody diarrhea (53 causes), Rectal bleeding (219 causes), White stool (79 causes), Yellow stool (79 causes), Dark stool (26 causes), Anal bleeding (2 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Stool color:
Stool symptoms (2173 causes), Bowel problems (2241 causes), Digestive symptoms (4251 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3004 causes)
Symptoms related to Stool color:
Bloody stool (219 causes), Mucus stool (39 causes), Stool symptoms (2173 causes), Stool odor (59 causes), Diarrhea (1842 causes)
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Medical News summaries about Stool color
Our news pages contain the following medical news summaries about Stool color and many other medical conditions:
- 60 percent of at risk Americans over 50 haven't been screened for colorectal cancer.
- Antibody treatment proving effective against Crohn's disease
- Anxious people more likely to notice symptoms of rectal cancer
- Colonoscopy screening for bowel cancer affective
- Early bowel cancer diagnosis significantly improves chances of survival
News Archives for Stool color
Medical news articles related to Stool color include:
- Wine Color Won't Change Breast Cancer Risk
- FDA Puts Black-Box Warning on Bowel-Cleansing Drugs
- more health news...»
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Stool color
Medical research papers related to Stool color include:
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Surgical Perspective (Overview)
- Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Overview)
- Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Diagnosis)
- Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Follow-up)
- Jaundice, Neonatal (Overview)
- Anemia, Acute (Overview)
- Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Treatment)
- Pediatrics, Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Overview)
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