Question

The caregiver of a child diagnosed with celiac disease tells the nurse that the child has large amounts of bulky stools and what looks like fat in his stools. the clinical manifestation this caregiver is describing is:

Answer 1

The answer to this question is that the caregiver is describing steatorrhea.

Steatorrhea is a situation where an excess amount of fat is seen in the stool. Steatorrhea shows a malabsorption in a person’s body and a patient may experience abdominal cramps, diarrhea, indigestion, and weight loss which are the commong symptoms of having steatorrhea.