Question 1

why am i doing green poop?

Accepted Answer

Diet: Green color in stool is often secondary to intake of green leafy vegetables, especially spinach.  Rapid transit with loose stool may results in green color due to presence of bile.

Question 2

why does it mean to have green poop?

Accepted Answer

Ingested foods: The color of your stool is often secondary to what you have eaten and the bacteria in your colon, but also may suggest bile excretion in excess.  Do not worry about this unless you have other symptoms.

Question 3

what does a toddlers green poop mean?

Accepted Answer

Normal variation: The main agent adding color to the poo is the material made by the liver called bile. It starts out a dark green and goes thru the yellows to brown depending on the influences of various factors in the intestines. Rapid transit thru the system, as may occur with diarrhea or breast feeding may have a greenish yellow or yellow appearance. The slower, more likely browner.

Question 4

is green poop bad? what does it mean?

Accepted Answer

Green feces: Can occur with certain meds (iron), food dyes, green veggies , med conditions ; rapid transit of stool through the GI tract.

Question 5

is green poop anything to worry about?

Accepted Answer

Changed stool color: The color of stool varies with foods, speed of emptying of the GI tract, medications & supplements ingested, gut flora (unique for each individual), additives (like blood), subtractions (like absent bile), infection, inflammation, & other factors. Consider what you ate in the last few days, but if greenish color is unusual for you & persists or is accompanied by other symptoms, see your doctor.

Question 6

im pooping blue green poop, what could be the cause?

Accepted Answer

Rapid transit of : Stool through the GI tract.

Question 7

why is my poop all of a sudden green? what are some reasons for having green poop. should i be worried?

Accepted Answer

Green stool color: The color of stool varies with foods, speed of emptying of the GI tract, medications &amp; supplements ingested, gut flora (unique for each individual), additives (like blood), subtractions (like absent bile), infection, inflammation, &amp; other factors. Consider what you ate in the last few days, but if greenish color is unusual for you &amp; persists or is accompanied by other symptoms, see your doctor.

Question 8

i started having green poop for like a week. i know green poop can back to normal now. so why would my poop be green and white?

Accepted Answer

Poop varies.: without an exam, I can only give general information, and stool can be very very dark or sometimes green if there is iron in it generally  from vitamins or foods. Food dyes (natural and artificial) often does this.

Question 9

please help i'm 30 a female and been having green poop for a week haven't had any vegetables and cannot go to dr i'm worried it's something bad?

Accepted Answer

If it persists...: If a normal, healthy person has unusual changes in stool consistency, color, or frequency, she should record the symptoms on a large calendar, and review it with her primary care doctor. Include on the calendar what foods were eaten each time the stool got green, what activities were done, what meds were taken, what drinks, etc...  Sometimes gall bladder problems cause changes in stool color.

Question 10

what causes green poop in a 3yr old?

Accepted Answer

Normal: The stool color is provided by the bile from the liver that is adds to fecal debris.It starts out a deep green & slowly changes thru greens to yellows to browns as the germs in the intestines metabolize the bile.Green generally means the stool in question moved through faster or was subject to less change by gut germs.

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Im pooping blue green poop, what could be the cause?

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Why is my poop all of a sudden green? what are some reasons for having green poop. should i be worried?

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I started having green poop for like a week. i know green poop can back to normal now. so why would my poop be green and white?

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Please help i'm 30 a female and been having green poop for a week haven't had any vegetables and cannot go to dr i'm worried it's something bad?

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What causes green poop in a 3yr old?

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