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Orange Mass in Stool: Causes & What to Do


Question
I could not find a category that is specific to digestive problems that is unrelated to ibs or crohn's so I'm hoping you may be able to help me out with this really odd question.
For the past 4 mornings I have noticed an orange mass the size of a small marble in my stool.  This looks like it could be a piece of a carrot but the problem is I haven't eaten any carrot's or anything that resembles one in weeks.  The only thing I do consistently is take a multivitamin every day but the color and shape of the vitamin is not even remotely like that.  I am a 29 year old female and do not take any other regular meds except for an occassional allergy pill lately (loratidine-d).  Any clue as to what this is or if this needs a visit to the doctor would be greatly appreciated. It's not like I've been eating one food consistently over the past week that I could attribute to this.  I am at a loss!
Thank you

Answer
Some of the caplets or meds will have a casing that slowly opens up and lets out the meds, but does not dissolve and may come out swollen and distorted.  The real way to tell would be to grab one, clean it off and inspect it closely.  But, it doesn't cause any worries that you are internally decaying or anything like that.


Hope this helps.....   still could be the Clar-D or the multiv.