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What Causes Clay Colored Stools In A Child?
Is it unusual or serious if a 20 month old has had clay colored peanut butter consistency for 5 days? He is playing his eyes are not jaundiced and his urine is a normal color.
His brother has had a stomach virus with a temp, diarrhea and cramping. Could that cause clay colored stools?
His brother has had a stomach virus with a temp, diarrhea and cramping. Could that cause clay colored stools?
Fri, 26 Jun 2015
Hello, dear. If your baby's stools are pale or clay-coloured, he may have a problem with the drainage of his biliary system, which is comprised of his gallbladder, liver, and pancreas. Bile salts are released into your stools by your liver, giving the stools a brown colour. It seems he has dyskinesia of bile ducts. If his brother took antibiotics it causes bile stasis in the liver. Some viruses like as herpes can cause parenchymatous reaction from liver.
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