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What Is The Cause For Greasy White Stools?

my dad is really sick for the last month he has been really weak and he says he shakes on the inside and he said when he has a bowl movement it has white fluffy greasy looking stuff on it we have had him to every doctor I know please help me I don't know what else to do he is getting worser everyday.
Mon, 24 Apr 2017
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white and greasy stool you note in your father's health in a month with weakness spells a warning for us that the bile from liver required for proper fat digestion is not getting mixed with his food materials and hence that undigested fat mixed with stool and absent bile gives that colour and texture.
Since, this is all due to some obstruction in bile path, I strongly recommend get help of Hepatobiliary surgeon to look into cause and remedy without any loss of time.
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What Is The Cause For Greasy White Stools?

white and greasy stool you note in your father s health in a month with weakness spells a warning for us that the bile from liver required for proper fat digestion is not getting mixed with his food materials and hence that undigested fat mixed with stool and absent bile gives that colour and texture. Since, this is all due to some obstruction in bile path, I strongly recommend get help of Hepatobiliary surgeon to look into cause and remedy without any loss of time.