Abdominal pain, oily stool is what disease?

Question
Hello doctor,
My husband has a stomach ache to go outside, but when he goes out, there are oil scum floating on the dark brown water. So the doctor asked me if I had abdominal pain, oily stools, what is the disease? Causes and cures? Thank you doctor.
Nguyen Kim Tuyen (1994)
Answer
Answered by Master, Doctor Ta Que Phuong - Department of General Internal Medicine, Vinmec Times City International General Hospital.
Hello friend,
With the question “What is the disease of abdominal pain, oily stools? ", the doctor would like to answer as follows:
Fatty stools, also known as gluten-sensitive bowel disease, is a condition in which there is a greasy film in the stools, this phenomenon is caused by an excessive immune response to gluten in the body. foods. The microvilli in the intestinal lumen become inflamed and flattened (villi atrophy) reducing the surface area to absorb nutrients from food. When that happens, the body cannot absorb all the nutrients it needs from food.
Gluten is a type of protein in wheat, barley, ... that helps create the characteristic elasticity of dough (plastic and viscous), found in most breads, cookies, cakes or snacks and is used as a thickener in soups, confectionery, meat and seafood processing, gravy, soy sauce, tea, etc.
In normal people, fat is present in feces when excreted. out less than 7g in a day, if the amount of fat discharged is more than 7g/day, it is diagnosed as steatorrhea. The main cause of fatty diarrhea is the body's immunity to gluten. In addition, this condition may be associated with a number of other autoimmune diseases such as: lactose intolerance, pancreatitis, biliary tract disease, there is an association between fatty diarrhea and type 1 diabetes (diabetes mellitus). insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus), hypothyroidism, and dermatitis herpetiformis.
You have not provided the doctor with the time of your husband's symptoms, so the doctor can not advise accurately. However, your husband should go to a gastroenterology facility for advice and treatment.
If you still have questions about oily stools, you can go to the hospital of Vinmec Health System for further examination and advice. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
Best regards!