Other names: acholic stools

Hepatic bile occurs, which is tiny liver bile ducts, and then the main bile ducts around the gallbladder (or stop it) transported into the intestines. Bile contains dyes whose transformation in the intestine acquires stool normal brown color.

In liver disease, such as viral hepatitis (infectious hepatitis) or liver cirrhosis, a disorder of formation of bile into the intestine which penetrates only a fraction of the normal amount. Stool is therefore noticeably lighter compared to the norm.

The problem may lie even in liver cells, thus the efferent biliary tract. Small liver bile ducts can be totally overcrowded again due to liver cirrhosis, in large bile ducts may be located a stone or a rare tumor. In this case, the intestines do not receive any fecal bile pigments and therefore has a color of pale clay (the so-called acholic, without the presence of bile).

Probably will also present other symptoms suggestive described diseases, eg. Jaundice (yellow skin, sclera and mucous membranes), dark urine, pain in the right upper quadrant, anorexia, vomiting, abdominal colic after Bolder meal and others. With these symptoms, immediately visit a practitioner the doctor or emergency room for pain.

Before we begin to think of various diseases, it is necessary find in mind that we are in the last about two days did not actually foods which might discolor the stool so that it appears to be lighter than normal. The leaflet used drugs would also be able to find information that changes color stool specimen.