2018年3月30日 · Acholic Stool: A Significant Clue! Traditionally, biliary atresia is thought of when jaundice lasts longer than 2 weeks of life or with acholic stool and/or dark urine. After evaluating many potential clues to differentiate patients with biliary atresia from other cholestatic disease:

2023年5月1日 · This article explains what's normal and abnormal with regard to stool color. It also explains what causes pale stool color, other symptoms to watch for, and how the underlying cause of light-colored stools is diagnosed and treated.

2022年5月23日 · His skin had no jaundice or abnormal vein patterns. His abdomen was soft with normal size liver and spleen. No masses were palpated. He had some shotty anterior cervical and inguinal nodes. His examination was otherwise unremarkable. The diagnosis of potentially abnormal colored stools was made.

Stools that are pale, clay, or putty-colored may be due to problems in the biliary system. The biliary system is the drainage system of the gallbladder, liver, and pancreas. The liver releases bile salts into the stool, giving it a normal brown color.

2022年3月17日 · Jaundice—it’s never a good idea to ignore a problem that’s causing your skin or the whites of your eyes to turn yellow. Unintended weight loss/lack of appetite—this could indicate serious illness when coupled with pale stools and warrants medical attention.

Acholic stools (white or clay-colored stools) – This happens because no bile or bilirubin is being emptied into the intestine. Bile gives stool its green or brown color. Without bile or bilirubin, stool is without color (often white or gray). Weight loss and irritability − develops when the level of jaundice increases.

On the Clinical Significance of Colourless or Clay-coloured Stools unaccompanied by Jaundice, and their connection with Disease of the Pancreas; and on the part played by the Pancreas in Eliminating Bile from the Intestines

Babies with biliary atresia have poop that’s light beige or pale in color. Healthcare providers call these, “acholic stools.” The poop is too light because bile can’t reach their intestines. Bile gives poop its normal color, which is typically yellow, brown or green.

2006年11月21日 · I've been poking around StatRef, Harrison's and Current Gastroenterology, and couldn't find this issue of "isolated acholic stool" presentation explored at all. It always mentions jaundice first and stool change later.

2018年7月28日 · Complications resulting from untreated pale stool is jaundice because there is a build-up of bile in the body which makes the skin appear yellowish. Jaundice is also a symptom of liver disease...