Hi everybody,
this is so weird to write this, but I have a problem. I have D and that is quite usual for me, but it has a green colour!
Is that normal? Should I be getting worried?
I didn't eat anything that could possibly cause this...
Thx,
Julie
Green stool - grossed and freaked out
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Green stool - grossed and freaked out
It doesn't matter how many times you fall, but how many times you get up en go for it again. HOPE !!!!
Hi Julie,
Stool color starts out as green in a normal gut. The green color is due to the unused bile. Normally it takes roughly a day for the stool to make the complete trip through the colon, and as time passes, the color of the stool changes to brown, as the bile "matures". That's why normal stools are a brownish color.
If it leaves the colon too quickly though, not enough time passes to allow the color to "mature", so the color will usually be some shade of green. Therefore, in most cases, green stool color is due to rapid transit (caused by D).
In addition to what Jenny and Linda suggested, other medications or supplements can also cause a green color. Have you taken any Tylenol (acetaminophen) or liquid iron supplements lately?
Tex
Stool color starts out as green in a normal gut. The green color is due to the unused bile. Normally it takes roughly a day for the stool to make the complete trip through the colon, and as time passes, the color of the stool changes to brown, as the bile "matures". That's why normal stools are a brownish color.
If it leaves the colon too quickly though, not enough time passes to allow the color to "mature", so the color will usually be some shade of green. Therefore, in most cases, green stool color is due to rapid transit (caused by D).
In addition to what Jenny and Linda suggested, other medications or supplements can also cause a green color. Have you taken any Tylenol (acetaminophen) or liquid iron supplements lately?
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi Tex and Julie,tex wrote:Hi Julie,
Stool color starts out as green in a normal gut. The green color is due to the unused bile. Normally it takes roughly a day for the stool to make the complete trip through the colon, and as time passes, the color of the stool changes to brown, as the bile "matures". That's why normal stools are a brownish color.
If it leaves the colon too quickly though, not enough time passes to allow the color to "mature", so the color will usually be some shade of green. Therefore, in most cases, green stool color is due to rapid transit (caused by D).
In addition to what Jenny and Linda suggested, other medications or supplements can also cause a green color. Have you taken any Tylenol (acetaminophen) or liquid iron supplements lately?
Tex
My formed BM is very green but I attributed it to the plentitude of green veggies that I eat on a regular basis. If I don't eat a lot of kale, spinach, bok choy, etc., my stool definitely is less green and browner but most generally it is green, formed and shaped like an S and Normal (YIPPEE).
Julie,
I found a link for you....www.buzzle.com/articles/what-does-green-poop-mean.html
Cathy wrote:My formed BM is very green but I attributed it to the plentitude of green veggies that I eat on a regular basis.
You're quite correct. I didn't mention green foods because I got the impression from her post that she wasn't eating anything with green color, but that could certainly do it.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.