Lighter Colored Stool. Some causes of stool color changes include. A blockage of the bile ducts from gallstones or a condition affecting your gallbladder liver pancreas or liver can cause decreased bile output.
Normal stool color can range from light yellow to brown to almost black. A blockage of the bile ducts from gallstones or a condition affecting your gallbladder liver pancreas or liver can cause decreased bile output. If stool is red maroon black clay colored pale yellow or green this may signify a problem.
Stool that is light colored either pale white grey or clay colored could indicate a lack of bile in stool.
This may indicate a bile duct obstruction. Diet beets diets rich in green vegetables licorice. The symptoms associated with stool color changes if any are the symptoms of the underlying cause of the change for example foods drinks or illnesses such as. Certain medications such as large doses of bismuth subsalicylate kaopectate pepto bismol and other anti diarrheal drugs.
