What Are Hep A Symptoms?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
5. Pale Stools
When we eat, our gallbladder releases a small amount of a liquid substance known as bile. This substance is manufactured in the liver and contains enzymes that help to break down certain substances. Bile is very important to us because it helps to break down the food that we eat, especially fatty foods.
Bile is secreted into the intestines and some will also pass out of the body in our stools. Bile is itself brown in color, and this helps to give our stools their brown color also. When there is a problem with the liver, less bile may be produced and released into the intestines. This means conditions like hepatitis A can result in pale colored stools.
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