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What Does The Following Stool Report Of A Infant Indicate?
Hello Dr, My baby is 2 months old. He was having greenish motion with mucous and foul smell. He was passing nearly ten times a day. My pediatrician gave Gnorm sachet and nutrolin b for 3 days. He advised me to take stool test if It is not stopped. He is on complete breast feed. The stool examination is below. Form & consistency- Semi solid, not formed Color- greenish yellow Ph- alkaline Mucous- nil Reducing substance - 0.5% Occult blood- negative Ova- absent Cysts - absent Trophozites- absent Pus cells- nil RBC- nil Any other - fat globules seen What does it mean? Is he normal?
Mon, 17 Oct 2016
There is fat in his stool. This could be a sign of malabsorption (impaired absorption of fat resulting in fat containing foul smelling diarrhea).
There are many causes for this condition, including infection, inflammation of the intestine, enzyme deficiency and others.
Further evaluation includes fecal fat test, which consists of detailed assessment of the amount and quality of fat in stool.
There are many causes for this condition, including infection, inflammation of the intestine, enzyme deficiency and others.
Further evaluation includes fecal fat test, which consists of detailed assessment of the amount and quality of fat in stool.
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