Question about the color Green

[agirlwithadisease]

What does it mean when there is Green in your Poop?? :confused2: I am having problems with that and i wanted to know what it meant and if i should be worried at all!!! :sign0085:

The doctors here at BWMC in MD is telling me huge words that i have no clue what they are talki ng about UGH :thumbdown:... they need to speech in our level

 

[Snack13]

Green in poop...well I notice my po being green from my irons pills??? Not sure if that's helpful. Good luck!

 

[poopaholic]

i get green poo from grape gater aid.

 

[Cross-stitch gal]

Green can also mean that there's a lot of blood passing through in your stool. Everyone is right, it does mean quite a bit of iron.

 

[PsychoJane]

Many possible reason for green stool. As mentioned, iron supplement can sometime cause this, green leaf vegetable, Slushes and tooo chemically colored food can also cause it. But in our case, it is often linked to the disease.

When we digest, the bile produce by your liver will contribute to determine the color of your stool. The bile will be broke down by digestive enzyme as food process in the digestive track and then it usually gets out in different shades of brown. Often, when you deal with diarrhea and a transit that is too rapid, the food is not in your digestive track for long enough and it's possible that the enzymes can't play their proper role and that the food don't get process as intended. As a result, the stool can get out green cause the bile does not "evolve" as it should and remain green.

 

[b4britney]

green vegetables!! especially lettuce!!

 

[em6263]

For what it's worth, I've heard the same as psychojane - I always thought green poo meant the material wasn't spending enough time in your system. I've had this too, and was told not to worry about it too much, that it's just another charming side effect of things moving through your system too quickly.

Hope this helps,
-Em