Orange Oil-like droplet in stool

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I had this for the last 3 days. Four days ago I ate a Cherry Dipped ice cream cone from DQ. It's waxy with red dyes. Could this be it? How long does it take to pass? I also used some mineral oil last week because I thought I was constipated? Could this be causing the oily drops in the toilet and the bright orangey/yellow stuff on the toilet paper?

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This started to happen to me. 2nd time was yesterday. 1st time was a few weeks ago and lasted for a couple days. The first time was after a holiday dinner with some super duper greasy and fatty foods. Can't remember if I ate cashews back then but it's more than likely.

This time it happend a day after polishing off a tin of cashews and raisenettes. That is a winning combo that I refuse to give up. I'll just have to do it in moderation. Oh yeah, I've been taking Hydroxycut as well and doing a ton of cardio. Extra fat + hydroxycut + faster metabolism seems to = oily orange drops. It doesn't stink so it's really just an inconvenience. so if it happened to you and you just ate a ton of nuts and/or are taking some kind of diet pill/supplement then I would say that is the reason. Of course I'm not going to say not to go to a doctor if you want, just that if you have been doing one of these things then you are most likely ok. I'm not worried.

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I am a 24 yr old female who has recently started eating more healthy and today experienced the same orange oily discharge that everyone else has.

I'm glad I read this because I was starting to think I am pancreatitis or fat malabsorption, but yesterday I ate a third of a can of cashews. It would appear the fat and oil in the nuts are the culprit.

Thank you!

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I am a 20 yr. old female that ate half a bag of cashews last night, and today I had oily stool and gas! Darned cashews! I love em soo much!

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this has been happening to me for years and years and without fail every single time I eat a lot of nuts it happens. nuts are the culprit, especially cashews. so don't worry about it. also if you do not consume more than I think 19 grams of carbohydrates your body goes into some mode where this will happen to you also. it happened to me when i was on the south beach diet.

wintersteel · Newbie Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 2

I got this once before years ago, but since it went away in a day, I didn't think anything of it. Today I got it again & decided to research. It's a symptom called steatorrhea, which has a number of causes. If you have persistent abdominal pain, pancreatitis seems to be the biggest culprit. If no pain, next on the list is malabsorption, which can be caused by a number of factors, mostly related to extreme diet. (Since I put myself on a killer diet recently and had a little too much wine last night, this makes sense. Nothing like overtaxing your liver to put you in a malabsorptive state.)

Some people have suggested it's caused by fish or cashews, but if you've eaten both in the past without this problem, then what you ate just prior is simply coincidental (the first time it happened to me, I had eaten some pepperoni pizza, so attributed it to that. I've had plenty of pizza since then without incident.) Just drink some fluids with electrolytes (Pedialyte is good), take some vitamins, and lay off alcohol & anything with high-fructose corn syrup for a while (this includes Vitamin Water. That stuff is ANYTHING but water!).

If it still persists, everywhere I've read suggests seeing a doctor in case it's something more serious like gallstones, bacteria, or a parasite.

wintersteel · Newbie Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 2

I got this once before years ago, but since it went away, I didn't think anything of it. Today I got it again & decided to research. It's a symptom called steatorrhea, which has a number of causes. If you have persistent abdominal pain, pancreatitis seems to be the biggest culprit. If no pain, next on the list is malabsorption, which can be caused by a number of factors, mostly related to extreme diet. (Since I put myself on a killer diet recently and had a little too much wine last night, this makes sense. Nothing like overtaxing your liver to put you in a malabsorptive state.)

Some people have suggested it's caused by fish or cashews, but if you've eaten both in the past without this problem, then what you ate just prior is simply coincidental (the first time it happened to me, I had eaten some pepperoni pizza, so attributed it to that. I've had plenty of pizza since then without incident.) Just drink some fluids with electrolytes (Pedialyte is good), take some vitamins, and lay off alcohol & anything with high-fructose corn syrup for a while (this includes Vitamin Water. That stuff is ANYTHING but water!).

If it still persists, everywhere I've read suggests seeing a doctor in case it's something more serious like gallstones, bacteria, or a parasite.

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I actually just had this problem (orange-y oily droplets accompanying stool) today and was searching for answers. Interestingly enough, over the course of the past few days, I've eaten a 1 lb. jar of cashews.

I'm thinking there's a pretty reliable pattern developing here.

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Just now I saw the orange oil drops in my stool so I jumped on here. After reading all the post in this thread I too will have to blame it on cashews. I had Thai food yesterday and I ate Chicken Cashew w/ EXTRA cashews because I love them. Thai food is also pretty oily (it has that reddish oil in it too!) so I think my body is telling me to cut out the Thai food for a while!

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im only fiffteen even through i have the body of an adult(im over 200lbs and six feet tall have been for a while) and i just started deiting and i did have fish(i have no idea what that has to do with it) last night but im still confused at what it might be help please?

Orange Oil-like droplet in stool

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