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Why do you have a green bowel movement ?

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Dr. Arthur Heller answered

Specializes in Gastroenterology

Green food usually: Dark green leafy veggies can cause green stool., iron supplements, algae rapid transit through the gut can cause bile to get into colon (often causes diarrhea). Lots of GI causes: infection-salmonella, giardia, celiac sprue, malabsorption, ibd, gastroenteritis, and more. Ongoing, associated with other symptoms, diarrheal stools, pain, fever, etc- see your doc.

Answered 6/10/2014

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Related to food: Likely related to food items you've eaten. Or sometimes to non-food items: ingesting foods that have been colored with food coloring can change the stool appearance transiently. My brother once ate blue chalk. Yes- you guessed it right.

Answered 12/9/2016

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Green BMs: If stool is loose, reason for green stool could be rapid gut transit time. Green cabbage, lettuce, peas, cabbage, spinach, broccoli, green salad, green leaves, celery and green beans as well as food that contains green food coloring can lead to green stool. Some meds can change stool color. If there is a change to stooling pattern that can’t be explained medical eval would be prudent.

Answered 6/28/2019

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