roux-en-y-gastric-bypass-nutrition-CA0416 A patient comes to her yearly nutrition check-up 11 years after undergoing gastric bypass surgery with reports of loose stools with significant odor several ...

Hard stools are a common occurrence. They occur when stools pass through the colon too slowly, allowing the colon time to absorb too much water from the stool. The stools then become hard and dry.

Answer: B. The most likely cause for the patient’s odorous stools is small bowel bacterial overgrowth. Small bowel bacterial overgrowth is caused by excess non-native or native bacteria in the small ...