Poop is green. What's going on?

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2025-05-16 22:26:58 Views: 39 times

Stool generally refers to stool, stool is green may be caused by dietary factors, drug factors, digestive factors and other reasons.

1, dietary factors

if eating more green vegetables containing green leafy pigment, such as spinach, rape, etc., may cause stool color green, usually is a normal phenomenon.

2, drug factors

in the doctor's instructions to take iron, intestinal tract does not fully absorb residual iron, will cause stool color black or green.

3, digestive factors

If there is abnormal phenomenon of indigestion, bilirubin in the bile oxidation in the stool, will make the stool green.

It is recommended that people with abnormal stool color changes need to go to the hospital for further examination and targeted treatment.



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