Oil in the stool may be related to dietary factors, indigestion and gastrointestinal disorders, steatorrhea and medications.
1. Dietary factors: Eating too greasy or high-fat, high-calorie food is not conducive to the digestion and absorption of the gastrointestinal tract, which will lead to oil in the stool.
2. Indigestion and gastrointestinal dysfunction: after consuming meals, due to the gastrointestinal dysfunction and indigestion, patients are unable to break down and metabolize the food they have eaten, resulting in the discharge of oil in the stool.
3. Steatorrhea: due to poor intestinal digestion and absorption, patients with steatorrhea can not properly absorb the food they consume, resulting in symptoms of oil in the stool.
4. Drug effects: for example, taking lipase inhibitors such as orlistat, the lipase of the ingested food will be discharged in the form of fats and oils, and the symptoms of oil in the stools will occur.
There may be other reasons for the oil in the stool, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or treatment under the guidance of the doctor.