what happens if the colour of your stool is green consistently. what does that mean?

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Answer 1

Green Stool can: be caused by rapid transit time in the colon, eating foods that are green, green food dye or some medications.

Answer 2

Most colors: Stool color changes with age and diet. Newborns have sticky black stools (called meconium) until about 4 days of life when the stool transitions to a yellow color. When you start introducing solids, stool color may change depending on what the baby ate. Black (older than newborn) and clay/white colors may indicate a problem. If you think there is blood in the stool you need to see a pediatrician.

Answer 3

Yellow, brown, green: Poop can be a blend of yellow, brown, and green colors. Babies older than a week usually have yellowish poops. Older kids tend to have brownish poops. Worrisome colors are red (blood), black (old blood), or grey/white (lacking in bile). A doctor should evaluate a child, if his or her poop is a worrisome color.

Answer 4

Variable: Poop or stool is quite variable from one child to the next regardless of whether they're breast fed, bottle fed, or which formula they're on. Some babies poop with every feed, while some don't poop but for several days. As long as the stool is soft, normal, and they child is acting well and growing normally, it is probably ok. Always best to check with your pediatrician if you're not sure.

Answer 5

That's a hard...: ...Question because poop is mostly water, especially breastmilk poop. A child who pumps out the water from poop and pees it out will have very little, one who keeps the water in the poop will have lots.

Answer 6

Possible allergy: There are several possible answers but today in my experience the most common reason in the first six months is an entity called food protein-induced proctitis/colitis. It is often caused by milk or soy in both breast and formula fed infants. Constipation and certain infections are other but less common reason in this early age group.

Answer 7

Food allergy: Can be a sign of food allergies. Consult your pediatrician.

Answer 8

Maybe.: Colitis can result in bloody stools, but so can many other things, including hemorrhoids, inflammatory bowel diseases, diverticulosis, peptic ulcers, colon cancer, & more. Depending on your personal history and age, you may also be more at risk for some of these than others. Bloody stools could come from benign problems as well as very serious ones. If you're having this problem, see your doctor.

Answer 9

Quite possibly: Colitis tends to also cause pain. You need to be evaluated by endoscopy and stool tests.

Answer 10

Probably not: This does not sound like a concerning finding.

Answer 11

May be what you ate: this may be what you ate. Reviewed diet the last 24 hours. Black which sometimes worry about is being blood but I'm not sure that this is. Are you having any abdominal complaints? You can discuss this with your physician and see what your total health picture is related to these findings.

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