Erie, Illinois. Erie is a settlement in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,602 at the 2010 census, up from 1,589 in 2000.
â¢ Grey, Pale, Yellow or Clay-Colored â The liver releases bile into the stool, giving it a normal brown color. If there is inflammation or scarring in the liver that inhibits bile production, or if the flow out of the liver is blocked, bowel movements may appear to be grey, pale, yellow or clay-colored.
Bile salts in the stool excreted by the liver give it a normal brown color. Obstruction to bile flow out of the liver (you may see the word cholestasis), or liver infections like viral hepatitis (A, B, C, etc.), may produce clay colored stools.