Acholia is
pale feces
Feces (also known as faeces American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, or fæces; : faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the ...
, due to lack of
bile which results in the normal brown colour.
[Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. Saunders; 2007.] It is a sign of reduced conjugated
bilirubin into the bowel, as a result of a problem in the
liver
The liver is a major metabolic organ (anatomy), organ exclusively found in vertebrates, which performs many essential biological Function (biology), functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the Protein biosynthesis, synthesis of var ...
itself or in the
biliary tree.
[La médecine de A à Z. Hachette; 1973.]
Signs and symptoms
Acholia results in pale feces.
Cause
A condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the
digestive tract is obstructed. The acholia is a sign of many diseases, such as
hepatitis
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver parenchyma, liver tissue. Some people or animals with hepatitis have no symptoms, whereas others develop yellow discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice), Anorexia (symptom), poor appetite ...
.
Etymology
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...
: ''a'' + ''chole'' (without bile).
See also
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Choluria
References
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