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Causes of Stool color

This section discusses 325 medical conditions causing Stool color. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

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.

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:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical 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.

A

  • Abdominal Cancer ... black tarry stools, black/tarry stools, blood in stool
  • Abdominal Neoplasms ... blood in stool
  • Acanthocytosis ... pale stool
  • Acinic cell carcinoma ... blood in stool, black stool
  • Acorn poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Acute Gastritis ... blood in stool
  • Adenocarcinoid tumor ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool, black stool
  • Adenomatous Polyposis of the Colon, autosomal dominant ... blood in stool
  • Amebiasis ... Bloody stool
  • Amebic dysentery ... blood in stool
  • Amoebiasis ... blood in stool
  • Amyloidosis, familial cutaneous ... blood in stool
  • Anal Cancer ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Anal fissure ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool, bright red blood on toilet paper, bleeding when passing stool, bleeding when passing stool, blood in diapers, blood in diapers
  • Aplastic anemia ... blood in stool
  • Attenuated familial polyposis ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Autoimmune thyroid disease associated Celiac Disease ... Pale stool

    B

  • Back tumour ... blood in stools
  • Balantidiasis ... bloody diarrhea
  • Baneberry poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 2 ... pale stool
  • Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 4 ... pale stool
  • Bile acid synthesis defects ... pale stool
  • Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 1 ... pale stool
  • Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 2 ... pale stool
  • Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 3 ... pale stool
  • Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 4 ... pale stool
  • Bile duct cysts ... pale stool
  • Bile duct paucity in Graft-Versus-Host Disease ... pale stool
  • Bile duct paucity in Liver Allograft Rejection ... pale stool
  • Bile duct paucity, non syndromic form ... pale stool
  • Biliary Atresia ... pale stool
  • Biliary atresia, intrahepatic, syndromic form ... white stool
  • Biliary hypoplasia ... pale stool
  • Biliary tract cancer ... white stool
  • Black locust poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Blue Diaper Syndrome ... bluish diaper discoloration
  • Bowel Obstruction ... blood-stained mucus passed
  • Breynia officinalis poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Bushmaster poisoning ... rectal bleeding, bloody diarrhea
  • Buttercup poisoning ... bloody diarrhea

    C

  • Campylobacter food poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Campylobacter jejuni infection ... bloody diarrhea
  • Celiac Disease ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 1 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 10 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 11 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 12 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 13 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 2 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 3 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 4 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 5 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 6 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 7 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 8 ... pale stool
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 9 ... pale stool
  • Cervical Cancer ... blood in stool
  • Chancroid ... rectal bleeding
  • Chemical poisoning - 1-Propanol ... black stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Anti-rust products ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Anticoagulant rodenticide ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Asphalt ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Automatic dishwashing detergent ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Brodifacoum ... blood in feces
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromadiolone ... blood in feces
  • Chemical poisoning - Caulking products ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorine ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Clinitest tablet ... bloody diarrhea
  • Chemical poisoning - Cloth Dyes ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Diesel oil ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Drain Cleaners ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Drainpipe Cleaners ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Dye remover ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Emulsion paints ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Furniture polish ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Hair Bleach ... bloody diarrhea
  • Chemical poisoning - Hair Dye ... bloody diarrhea
  • Chemical poisoning - Jewelry cleaner ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Lacquer ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Lighter fluid ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Metal cleaner ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Metal polish ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Mould remover ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Oven Cleaners ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Pool Cleaners ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Tar remover ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Vanadium ... black stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Window cleaner ... blood in stool
  • China Tree poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Chlorophacinone rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Cholangitis ... pale stool
  • Cholecystitis ... pale stool
  • Cholestasis ... pale stool
  • Cholestasis - pigmentary retinopathy - cleft palate ... pale stool
  • Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 1 ... light-colored stool
  • Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 2 ... light-colored stool
  • Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 3 ... light-colored stool
  • Christmas Rose poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Chronic inflammatory diarrhea ... Blood in the stool
  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... blood in stool
  • Colibacillosis ... bloody diarrhea
  • Colitis ... blood in stool
  • Collagenous celiac disease ... Pale stool
  • Colon Cancer, Familial ... blood in stool
  • Colorectal adenomatous polyposis, dominant ... blood in stool
  • Colorectal adenomatous polyposis, recessive ... blood in stool
  • Colorectal cancer ... blood in stool
  • Colorectal Polyps ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Congenital aplastic anemia ... blood in stool
  • Congenital megacolon ... blood-streaked stool
  • Coumachlor rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Coumafuryl rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Coumatetralyl rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Crohn's disease ... rectal bleeding, Bleeding from the rectum

    D

  • D-plus hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+HUS) ... bloody diarrhea
  • Defibrination syndrome ... Blood in the stool
  • Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli ... bloody diarrhea
  • Difenacoum rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Difethialone rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Digestive duplication ... bloody stool
  • Diphacinone rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Diverticular Disease ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Down's syndrome associated Celiac Disease ... Pale stool
  • Duodenal ulcer due to antral G-cell hyperfunction ... black stool
  • Dysentery ... bloody stool

    E

  • E-coli food poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Ebola ... bloody diarrhea
  • Enteroaggregative E. Coli infection ... blood in stool
  • Enterocolitis ... rectal bleeding
  • Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli infection ... blood in stool
  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli Infection ... Bloody stools
  • Enteroinvasive E. Coli infection ... blood in stool
  • Enteropathogenic E. Coli infection ... bloody diarrhea
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7 ... bloody diarrhea
  • Esophageal varices ... blackened feces, blackened blood in feces

    F

  • Familial adenomatous polyposis, autosomal dominant ... blood in stool
  • Familial Colorectal Cancer ... blood in stool, Occult bleeding
  • Familial Intestinal Polyposis ... blood in stool
  • Familial Multiple Polyposis ... blood in stool
  • Familial polyposis ... blood in stool
  • Familial polyposis - classical ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Familial polyposis, autosomal recessive ... rectal bleeding
  • Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia ... blood in stool
  • Finale rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Fissures ... Rectal bleeding
  • Flocoumafen rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Folgorat rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Food allergies ... blood in the stool
  • Food poisoning ... bloody stool

    G

  • Gallstones ... Clay-colored stools
  • Gardner syndrome ... bloody diarrhea
  • Gastric erosion ... black stool
  • Gastric Ulcer ... black stools
  • Gastritis ... blood in stool, black stool
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool, blood in stool, blood on toilet paper, black stool
  • Gastrointestinal mucormycosis ... bloody diarrhea
  • Gastrointestinal neoplasm ... blood in stool, dark stool
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors ... blood in stool, dark tarry stool
  • Gastrointestinal zygomycosis ... bloody diarrhea
  • Giardia ... pale stools
  • Glory lily poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Gonorrhea ... blood in stool

    H

  • Havoc rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Helicobacter cinaedi infection ... blood in stool
  • Helicobacter fenneliae infection ... blood in stool
  • HELLP syndrome ... blood in stools
  • Helminthiasis ... bloody diarrhea
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome ... bloody diarrhea, blood in stool
  • Hemorrhagic proctocolitis ... blood in stool, black stool
  • Hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome ... bloody diarrhea
  • Hemorrhoids ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool, blood on toilet paper
  • Henoch-Schönlein purpura ... blood in stool
  • Hepatitis ... pale feces
  • Hepatitis A ... light colored stool
  • Hepatitis B ... light colored stool
  • Hepatitis C ... light colored stool
  • Hepatitis X (non-A,-B,-C,-D,-E) ... pale stool
  • Hereditary colorectal cancer ... Occult bleeding
  • Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer ... rectal bleeding, Occult bleeding
  • Hereditary Polyposis Coli ... blood in stool
  • Hip cancer ... blood in stools
  • Hochenegg ulcer ... blood in feces
  • Hookworm ... black stools, blood in stool

    I

  • Indandione rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Intestinal Conditions ... Blood in the stools
  • Intestinal Flu ... blood in stool
  • Intestinal obstruction ... blood-stained mucus passed
  • Intussusception ... blood in feces

    J

  • Jaundice ... pale feces
  • Jessamine poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Juvenile polyposis of infancy ... rectal bleeding
  • Juvenile polyposis syndrome, infantile form ... rectal bleeding

    K

  • Keratosis palmoplantaris - adenocarcinoma of the colon ... blood in stool
  • Klerat rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Korovnikov syndrome ... black stool

    L

  • Lenten rose poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Lymphoma, Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue ... blood in stool
  • Lynch syndrome I ... rectal bleeding
  • Lynch syndrome II ... rectal bleeding
  • Lynch syndrome type I ... Rectal bleeding.
  • Lynch syndrome type II ... Rectal bleeding.

    M

  • Malignant Jaundice ... pale stool
  • Malignant obstructive biliary disease ... pale stool
  • Marsh marigold poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Matikus rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Microscopic collagenous colitis ... Rectal bleeding
  • Microscopic lymphocytic colitis ... rectal bleeding
  • Microscopic ulcerative colitis ... rectal bleeding
  • Mouser rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • MSI-H colorectal cancer ... Occult bleeding
  • MSI-L colorectal cancer ... Occult bleeding
  • MSS colorectal cancer ... Occult bleeding

    N

  • NASH syndrome ... blood in stool
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis ... blood in stool
  • Neonatal hepatitis ... pale stool
  • Neurofibromatosis, familial intestinal ... blood in stool
  • Nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, familial ... rectal bleeding

    O

  • Oak poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Obstructive biliary disease ... pale stool
  • Obstructive Jaundice ... pale stools
  • Oleander poisoning ... bloody diarrhea

    P

  • Pancreatic insufficiency ... pale stool
  • Pancytopenia ... rectal bleeding
  • Pelvic lipomatosis ... rectal bleeding
  • Peptic Ulcer ... blood in stool, black stool
  • PFIC ... light-colored stool
  • Pindone rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Plant poisoning - Anthraquinone ... bloody diarrhea
  • Plant poisoning - Tannin ... bloody diarrhea
  • Plant poisoning - Tetranortriterpene ... bloody diarrhea
  • Plexosarcoma ... blood in stool, black stool
  • Polyarteritis ... blood in the stools
  • Polyposis, Adenomatous Intestinal, autosomal dominant ... blood in stool
  • Portal hypertension ... blood in stool, black stool, dark stool
  • Portal thrombosis ... blood in stool
  • Portal vein thrombosis ... blood in stool
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis ... pale stool
  • Privet poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Proctitis ... rectal bleeding, bloody diarrhea, blood in stool
  • Protozoan Conditions ... Blood per rectum
  • Pseudomembranous Colitis ... Bloody or watery diarrhoea
  • Psychiatric disorders associated Celiac Disease ... Pale stool

    R

  • Rambaud-Galian syndrome ... rectal bleeding
  • Ratak Plus rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Rectal cancer ... blood in stool
  • Rectal prolapse ... blood in stool
  • Rectosigmoid neoplasm ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool, black stool
  • Refractory Celiac Disease ... Pale stool
  • Rhodococcus equi ... bloody diarrhea
  • Rib Tumor ... blood in stools
  • Rodend rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces

    S

  • Sarcoma ... Blood in stools
  • Schistosomiasis ... blood in stool
  • Shigella boydii infection ... blood in stool
  • Shigella dysenteriae infection ... blood in stool
  • Shigella flexneri infection ... blood in stool
  • Shigella sonnei infection ... blood in stool
  • Shigellosis ... bloody diarrhea, bloody stool
  • Small Intestine Cancer ... blood in stool, black stool
  • Small intestine cancer, adult ... blood in stool, black stool
  • Spencer disease ... pale stool
  • Spira syndrome ... black stool
  • Sprue ... pale stool
  • Steatorrhea ... pale stool
  • Stomach cancer ... blood in stool, tarry black stool, black stool
  • Stomach cancer, familial ... blood in stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 1 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 10 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 11 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 12 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 13 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 2 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 3 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 4 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 5 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 6 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 7 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 8 ... Pale stool
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 9 ... Pale stool

    T

  • Talon rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Thrombasthenia ... blood in stool
  • Thrombocytopathy ... blood in stool
  • Thrombocytopenia ... black stools, blood in stool
  • Toxic mushrooms - Gastrointestinal irritant ... bloody diarrhea
  • Tropical sprue ... pale stool
  • Turcot syndrome ... rectal bleeding
  • Turner syndrome associated Celiac Disease ... Pale stool
  • Type 1 diabetes related Celiac Disease ... Pale stool
  • Typhoid fever ... blood in diarrhea

    U

  • Ulcerative colitis ... Rectal bleeding, bloody diarrhea, blood in stool

    V

  • Variceal Bleeding ... blood in stool, black stool
  • Vibrio ... Bloody diarrhoea
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio alginolyticus ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio damsela ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio fluvialis ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio furnissii ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio holisae ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio metschnikovii ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio mimicus ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio parahaemolyticus ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio mimicus food poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Vibrio vulnificus infection ... Bloody diarrhoea
  • Viral digestive infections ... Bloody diarrhoea
  • Viral Hepatitis ... Light-colored stools, pale feces
  • Volak rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Volid rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Vulvar cancer ... Rectal bleeding

    W

  • Wheat intolerance ... Bloody diarrhoea
  • Whipworm ... bloody diarrhea, bloody stools
  • William's syndrome associated Celiac Disease ... Pale stool
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome ... bloody diarrhea
  • Worm conditions ... Bloody diarrhoea

    Y

  • Yersiniosis ... bloody diarrhea

    Z

  • Zellweger Syndrome ... blood stool during infancy

    Conditions listing medical complications: Stool color:

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

    B

  • Bannayan-Zonana syndrome ... rectal bleeding

    C

  • Caterpillar complication poisoning ... blood in stool
  • Constipation ... rectal bleeding

    E

  • Essential thrombocytosis - same as essential thrombocythemia ... blood in stool

    More Information About Stool color

    List of 325 causes of Stool color

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Stool color in our database from various sources.

    Medical Textbooks about Stool color

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Stool color. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Stool color (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • MELENA
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • Melena
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Constipation
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Melena
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Constipation
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • Hematochezia
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
    • Melena
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
    • Constipation
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Hematochezia
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Melena
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Constipation
    • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
    • Melena
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
     

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