orange oily bowel movement

my 5 year old son has had a few episodes of bowel movement with the orange oily substance. I notice that he always complains of stomach pains. I took him to the doctors he said it might be because he eats oily foods. But he doesnt eat oily foods.  If anyone has any suggestions please feel free to give me any  E-mails.



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[meniere135]

It's possible he's not absorbing fat, which would be the oily part.  The orange part....I don't know.   Maybe mention celiac disease to the doctor and see what he thinks.   Unless this is just temporary absorption problems from a virus or something.  Keep an eye on him and if it continues, revisit the doctor.  Good luck.

[diana414]

thank you I'll do that. I have taken him to the doctors and he has orderd some test's Hopefully we can find out whats wrong with him.

[erica162]

I had an oily orange BM earlier today. I was pretty freaked out reading things online....but I read one word....OLESTRA.  someone at work gave me some fat free pringles and I noticed they have Olestra in them!  

[youarewhatyoueat13]

I just had the same experience along with 2 of my family members.
We narrowed it down to a cake we ate that came from a Chinatown bakery in NYC.
According to 2 days of internet search, it would only make sense that it had Olestra in it, and massive amounts of it.

We ate these cakes after dinner, and in the morning we were horrified to find orange oily substance in our urine and stool, and then the same orange oily substance leaking out of our rear end half of the rest of the day.

I felt weak, like I hadn't eaten anything in days for some reason, and craved salad more than usual.
Which makes sense since Olestra would block nutrients & vitamins absorption while in your system.

Avoid anything with Olestra.  It can't possibly be good for you  with this kind of side effects.

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ans/psychology/health_psychology/olestra_katie.html