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cancer that causes green stool
A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mark Hoepfner answered
38 years experience General Surgery
Not specifically: Bowel movement color is not a factor to watch for colon cancer unless you see blood. See a doctor for an examination.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Samach answered
49 years experience Gastroenterology
No: No.
A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Liawaty Ho answered
22 years experience Hematology and Oncology
No: Color of stool is affected by your diet. It does not mean one has colon cancer. However, if you see bright red blood/bleeding in your stool- then you ... Read More
Dr. Alexander Barkan answered
23 years experience General Surgery
Pellet stool: Maybe you are a llama, they have pellet stool ;). But on a serious note color of stool does not mean cancer unless thee is blood in the stool, and e ... Read More
Dr. James Ferguson answered
45 years experience Pediatrics
Just bile: The greenish color in stool is caused by the bile when it has not been in the gut long enough to go through a change to yellowish or brown triggered b ... Read More
A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Joseph Woods answered
27 years experience Pathology
Likely no problem,,: The stool may be due to your diet more than anything else. Although there are exceptions, you're not nearly at the age that this presents and you've ... Read More
A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Holly Maes answered
35 years experience Pediatrics
So rare: You are more likely to get hit by a bus today than have colon cancer at your age. I'm not sure what symptoms other than "no blood" you refer to, as mo ... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
24 years experience Psychiatry
Hello. : Hello. You can get green bowel movements when feces transits too quickly through the colon. Bile makes the stool green. As the stool makes it's way th ... Read More
A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Sparacino answered
36 years experience Family Medicine
See below: Usually a change in the bacterial flora of the colon, which is normal if there are no other symptoms.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Andrew Seibert answered
34 years experience Gastroenterology
Effexor (venlafaxine): Effexor (venlafaxine) XR is commonly known to cause diarrhea. If temporally the onset of the diarrhea occurred after the start of the medication, then ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Nicholas Karyotakis answered
29 years experience Gastroenterology
Green veggies or ...: In case if diarrhea gastroenteritis. Clostridium difficile is one of culprits associated with recent antibiotic use. The classic sign of an upper gast ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stanley Lightfoot answered
57 years experience Pathology
See below: Bile from the liver.
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