2007-01-10 12:39:51 · 14 answers · asked by Jason 1 in Health ➔ Men's Health
" have consulted with a doctor, a physiologist and a microbiologist on this question, and the following summarizes their answers:
Healthy people can have green poop if they eat a diet rich in leafy green vegetables, or if they consume large quantities of food coloring (in ice cream, cake frosting etc.).
Green poop can also be caused by excess iron in the diet, from dietary supplements, for example. If the body does not absorb all the iron consumed, the iron may stain the poop green, the color of iron (II) salts. Ordinarily, the green color may be masked by the normal brown poop color, but if digestion is thrown off by illness so that bilirubin is less concentrated in the intestine, the green color may become apparent. This can happen when a person is afflicted with diarrhea.
Green poop in sick babies may come from iron in baby formula not being properly absorbed, or by green pigments in bile salts (again, green from iron)."
2007-01-10 12:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by Caleigh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, this is usually nothing more than the beginning stages of a viral infection or sometimes bacterial. It should go away in less than a week, and you will probably come down with some sort of intestinal flu or cold virus in a few days.
2007-01-10 12:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by John 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it happens all the time and you don't live on salads, then, yes, I would be concerned. But if it's only once in a while and you remember eating spinach or some kind of green veggie, then no. It's very normal.
2007-01-10 12:46:45 · answer #3 · answered by chickmomma5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
normally id say yes,but mine came out green one day over the new year,i would have been up casualty with a sample of it had i not remembered that id overdosed on dry roasted peanuts and it was only because it happened to me before that i knew it was the nuts. dont know why my poo was green though,because the nuts certainly werent.
2007-01-10 13:07:38 · answer #4 · answered by pugsaleena 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a liver problem I would be worried and I would go to the DR
2007-01-10 12:43:46 · answer #5 · answered by blank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think about any foods with lots of food coloring in them. Did you have any? have you had any blueberries or blackberries?
if you haven't had any of these, you might have to talk to your doctor.
2007-01-10 12:43:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a problem to me
2007-01-10 12:43:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whoa! Try to drink lots of milk
2007-01-10 12:44:10 · answer #8 · answered by Cesar Oruna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no if you are Rumpelstiltskin. LOL! see a doctor to get an expert opinion. cheers!
2007-01-10 12:46:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Grape flavored gatorade or powerade will do it everytime.
2007-01-10 14:46:11 · answer #10 · answered by n2tapas 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋