Hi,
I’ve had ulcerative colitis since 2016.
In July 2022, I caught COVID and took an azithromycin tablet. The next day, my stools became light-colored (completely losing their usual dark brown color). Since then, my stools have remained light-colored.
They are still light today.
For over a year after contracting COVID, I alternated between slight constipation and loose stools, along with occasional mild abdominal pain.
My ulcerative colitis significantly worsened at the end of 2023, resulting in a severe flare-up that required hospitalization. Since the flare-up, I’ve been on infliximab and am in near-clinical remission.
My stools are still light/yellow, fairly well-formed. They have never returned to their normal color.
I am seeking your help to understand why my stools are light-colored. The doctors I’ve seen don’t know.
Here’s what has been done so far:
ASAT / ALAT / GGT / Bilirubin:
All results are normal, although bilirubin levels are sometimes elevated, which has always been the case even before my stools became light (doctors say I have Gilbert's syndrome).
Parasite / Bacteria Screening:
Nothing significant found.
Regarding Bile Acids:
No hemolysis
No jaundice
No lipemia
Blood bile acids: normal level (1 umol/L)
MRI Cholangiography:
Normal liver morphology. Integrity of intrahepatic bile ducts. No abnormalities in the pancreatic duct.
No issues detected.
I don’t have any specific symptoms (apart from those related to ulcerative colitis, with occasional mucus or blood traces in the stools).
Stool color: (just an image of the color, not my stools!)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1caxcxwfgvy4kqvzgl2cos3fmsdt3eeem/view?usp=sharingThank you very much for your help.