Green??

jmayk8 · Post by **jmayk8** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:11 am

So I have been on my entocort since Monday. I have been having somewhat normal/ "norman" formed stools but they have been green? What does this mean?

Post by **tex** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:44 am

Stool color is primarily determined by bilirubin, which is found in bile. Bilirubin comes from the normal destruction of red blood cells, and it is secreted by the liver through the gallbladder, and changes color as it progresses through the intestines, to give the normal brown color, when motility is normal.

A green stool usually indicates rapid transit, and the coloration is due to little or no change in the bilirubin. Or, you might be eating something that contains green dye.

Green stools are commonly associated with celiac disease, or gluten-sensitivity.

Tex

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:52 pm

While we're on this topic...I'm in a middle of a significant flare - peeing out my butt everytime I use the restroom to pee.

What I find strange is that the color of the D NEVER changes! It's always a strange dark orange with hints of pink, no matter what I eat! Everything looks digested coming out, so I suspect my small intestines are not involved, but how can a variety of food cause the exact shade of D day after day???

jmayk8 · Post by **jmayk8** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:22 pm

Pepto? Carrots?
I think any kind of strange color stool indicates rapid transit like Tex said

explosive · Post by **explosive** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:58 pm

I don't know if I would know "norman" if he came knocking on my door, but when I was in the process of all the tests to figure out what is wrong with me my d was always a forrest green color. I asked many doctors why and not one told me. I learn more on this board than I ever have at a doctors office. My d is still green quite often. :coffee2:

Sharon

hoosier1 · Post by **hoosier1** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:16 pm

Had the green color a lot my first few weeks into Entocort, and before taking it. Haven't seen it for months. I guess that's a good thing.

TooManyHats · Post by **TooManyHats** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:31 pm

The liver constantly secretes a bright green fluid called bile into the small intestine or it is stored in the gallbladder.

Bile is needed to absorb fats and fat soluble vitamins. It also helps to soften stools and is responsible for giving stools their characteristic brown color.

As bile makes its way through the intestines, it progressively changes color from green to yellow to brown, due to the action of bacteria in the large intestine on the bile salts.

Green stool often indicates that food has passed through the intestines faster than normal (called decreased bowel transit time), before it could be changed from green to brown.

Diarrhea decreases bowel transit time, so any condition that causes diarrhea can result in green stool.

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:32 pm

Blueberries and elderberries can change the color to green, strangely. I always know when I've gotten into something I shouldn't not only because of the texture, but because it is orange.

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:27 am

Anyone else with orange D out there?

jmayk8 · Post by **jmayk8** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:36 am

zizzle,
I had orange unformed D this morning. It was just a large pile of orange. Not sure what it means..

Post by **tex** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:27 am

Many vegetables can cause orange-colored stool. Also, a low level of bile production, or rapid transit, which does not allow a sufficient amount of bile to be absorbed, (or a combination), can cause an orange color.

Tex

Foxnhound8 · Post by **Foxnhound8** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:15 pm

I too, am in the orange camp...but no BM today at all...THAT'S a first and a little scarey!

foxnhound

ant · Post by **ant** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:29 am

Today's BM was yellow (you might call it pale orange?). I have noticed that sometimes (not always) this colour is precursory to a flare. Yesterday I eat ripe mango (not a normal part of my diet)

I will cut down on the fibre today.

Best, ant

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:08 pm

The fiber does it for me, too. I found SO Delicious coconut milk, and have been using about 8 oz. to mix my calcium/magnesium supplement in. I've had all sorts of rumblings and grumblings, and the change of color and texture. I'm hoping my gut will get used to it because it is...wait for it...SO delicious!