What can cause green stools?!


Question: What can cause green stools!?
this morning i notice that my stools were green, yesterday I had a few grapes, not many, 2 apples and some tomato soup and loads of water!.


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Answers:
As far as medically, green stool means that food is moving through the large intestine too quickly, such as due to diarrhea- this can be the case of an infection!. As a result, bile doesn't have time to break down completely!. As far as foods, green leafy vegetables, and green food coloring, such as in Kool-Aid or popsicles can cause a stool to be green so can certain vitamins and medications!. If it has not been anything you have been ingesting lately, then you need to see a doctor for an evaluation!. You can read more here
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Diarrhea decreases bowel transit time, so any condition that causes diarrhea can result in green stool!.Other causes of green stool may include!.!.!.!.!.

Laxative use
Antibiotic use
Medication side effects
Food poisoning
Celiac disease
Ulcerative colitis
Crohn's disease
Malabsorption
Irritable bowel syndrome
Bacterial overgrowth
Infectious diarrhea - especially salmonella and giardia
Traveler's diarrhea
Cancer

Foods and supplements that can cause green stool include:

Chlorophyll
Iron supplements
Algae


if you are worried about it go see your doctor!.

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My sister ate a 3lbs bag of green laces - basically green jelly sweets and her pooh was as toxic at the green on yahoo answers!!

Mum had a fit and rushed her to the docs then felt really silly when he explained about food dye etc!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.

Also I was told this when my baby girl was a couple of months old, I'd noticed her poohs were a little green and apparently it is acid in the tummy - and excess of, which causes stomach ache - did you have stomach ache yesterday!?

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sprouts ! and other green vegetables ! and also if it passes through your intenstine too fast ! your body produces bile which naturally turns food to the browny colour!.!.!.!.if it passes too quickly, it doesn't get chance to mix with bile and turn brown !!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Typically food you eat would cause green stools!. Many times the food you are passing in your stools would be from at least 24 hours previous!. So, it might have been something you ate the day before yesterday!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I usually get green stools when I have taken too much of cold stuff!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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