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Bright orange specks may show up in your bowel movements, though this should not actually color your bowel movements orange. Dr. Paredez continues, âOrange diarrhea may be the result of infectious diarrhea, which causes rapid transit through the intestine, which limits the amount of bile in the stool. Bile duct cancer and pancreatic cancer are the life-threatening medical conditions that can result in orange diarrhea.
A Dr. Robynne K. Chutkan, MD , Gastroenterology, answered. Yellow stool can be the result of gallbladder dysfunction which causes improper handling of bile. Infection with giardia lamblia produces a characteristic yellow diarrhea. In addition to causing diarrhea, different types of infection in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, whether viral, bacterial or parasitic, may cause changes in stool color.