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Some People have stools that always float

Some People have stools that always float


Because my stools have always floated (6years to 67years old), I have either always had the same problem, or floating might be normal for some humans.  The only time that my stools have sunk was after taking some antibiotics for a kidney stone problem.  About four months after the medication, the floating returned
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Stool floats when there's excessive fat in it. You can have a "stool fat test". Reason for fats in stool is fat malabsorption, which may be due to blockage of bile flow (usually bile stone in the bile duct), pancreatic disease with lack of pancreatic enzymes which digest fat, or small intestinal disease...but...first of all, you should have stool fat test.

Would you say the stool is pale, whitish, sticks to the toilet?
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Also, are you bloated?
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