In the situation when orange diarrhea appeared in an adult or child, it is not worth trying to diagnose correctly. Especially it is not recommended to do this in case the liquid orange stool is in the baby. Find out the cause that triggered the pathology and prescribe an adequate treatment for a disease that caused diarrhea, which has such unusual shades of feces, can only specialist, infectious disease doctor or gastroenterologist. And then only after an appropriate diagnostic study. Therefore, to ignore the sudden appearance of orange diarrhea is not recommended in any case. It is worth immediately contacting a specialist and identifying a possible danger to the body from such a pathological symptom.
The appearance of reddish diarrhea can indicate both natural and negative reactions of the body. Most often, experts note such a reason, as eating a large number of products containing carotene. But if it was not, the orange liquid stool in an adult may well be caused by such diseases as hormonal disorders, hepatitis, cystitis, pancreatic pathologies, bile ducts and liver, stomach ulcer. About the stage, which is the disease, a specialist will tell the color saturation of unusual red diarrhea in an adult. The brighter it is, the more urgent measures should be taken to diagnose the disease and in case of confirmation of any pathology in the body, the appointment of an adequate treatment.
Why does the baby have a loose orange stool?
Red stools with an unformulated consistency resembling diarrhea in a baby in the first month of life can be a reaction to bilirubin. It is excreted from the baby's body through urine and feces, giving feces a similar color. Also, the color of the feces depends on the type of feeding. In order to understand what kind of shade of feces need to be feared, it is worth considering both variants of feeding the child, which can provoke the appearance of orange diarrhea:
- Breastfeeding of the baby. With this type of feeding, the loose stool of a weak reddish color is more than normal. Mother's milk is thick in consistency, so the feces of the infant feeding on it will be the same, resembling the structure of diarrhea. The shades of the baby's feces will directly depend on the mother's nutrition, and can range from bright orange to green. In some cases, the stain of a child's feces may indicate that mother's milk is not well absorbed;
- Artificial feeding of a baby also often gives orange diarrhea. Most often, artificial children cough a bit less often than when using mother's milk, but they have the same liquid stool, and varies in color from bright orange to light yellow. This shade of feces for a baby, fed in an artificial way, is normal. The shade of diarrhea in this case is due to the addition of a trace element such as iron in the mixture.
With any kind of feeding, the appearance of such an unusual orange hue of a loose stool in a baby is normal enough. If the baby feels well, is active, cheerful, and has not lost his appetite, worries about his feces and the consistency of feces is not worth it. But in the event that his orange diarrhea is accompanied by concomitant negative symptoms, urgent consultation of the pediatrician and, if necessary, a more narrow specialist, is necessary. In this case, it is possible to identify the beginning pathology at earlier times and take the necessary measures to eliminate it.