Yellow clay-like stools may be related to indigestion, gastroenteritis, irritable bowel syndrome and so on. 1. Indigestion: Cold abdomen or unhealthy diet leads to indigestion, which may result in unformed stools, accompanied by abdominal distension, abdominal pain and other symptoms, and yellow mud-like stools. 2. Gastroenteritis: Inflammation of the gastrointestinal mucosa can lead to diarrhea and unformed stools, accompanied by abdominal pain, bloating, decreased appetite and other symptoms, resulting in yellow stools. 3. Irritable bowel syndrome: emotional excitement leads to irregular bowel movements, intestinal peristalsis accelerated, prone to stool yellow mud, accompanied by abdominal pain and bloating and other symptoms. There may be many other causes of yellow stool, such as the symptoms continue to be unable to relieve the proposal to go to the hospital in a timely manner to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.