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My two year old is on zithromax for lyme. She has been on it for 2 weeks and prior to that was on ceftin for 4 weeks. She now has light colored poop. Not white but light tan maybe. Sorry. I can't think of any digestion or food changes that she has had. Any thoughts. My original concern was liver. She doesn't seem to be unhappy.
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disturbedme
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This is something I found:
"Tan stools may be indicative of biliary obstruction. This may be due to gallstones, a liver/gallbladder mass or other liver/gallbladder disease."
Call your LLMD and ask him/her what s/he thinks. They know better than any of us here.
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My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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Thanks. Great idea. I spaced out before and forgot that we have changed her diet. Dr. C wanted me to do a food elimination challenge because he suspects food allergies. She sleeps with her eyes open (very creepy). We stopped milk and all dairy two days ago. I agree that I should call on Monday but could no dairy cause this if she has an allergy or sensitivity to it?
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Carol in PA
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Bile colors the stool brown.
So if the stools are tan, it is likely due to some reason that the bile is not getting from the liver to the intestines.
Bile saponifies fats, to aid in digestion. (It breaks the fats into tiny bits...like detergent does when you wash dishes.)
Check her eyes to see if they are getting a yellow tint.
If the bile is blocked and doesn't drip into the intestines, it can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
Eventually, the skin turns bronzey, and it shows up in the eyes as a yellow tint.
Yes, call your doctor. She doesn't sound sick right now, but something is not right.
Carol
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A GI test-stool sample is helpful. Three of us have lyme and each of us learned important pieces of the puzzle. My son severe yeast, daughter trichenosis, and myself blood in stool(I never saw the blood and stool was light at times) which lead to diagnosis of gall bladder disfunction. Not to scare you! Finding these things out was a good thing as we adressed these and got over them.
Another simpler thing to check for is lactose intolerance. My son had runny light stools which resolved by eliminating milk. They had a sour smel. As you can see most of us are desensitized to potty language here!
kpa
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