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Suggest Remedy For Green Discoloration In Stool And Lack Of Appetite In A Diabetic
Question: I have no appetite in 3
Days, I have diabetes and my bowls are GREEN.
Days, I have diabetes and my bowls are GREEN.
Brief Answer:
Are your blood sugars in a good range?
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
I am sorry you are not feeling well.
Green stool isn't a serious thing in itself but depends on what else is going on. Green foods (food XXXXXXX green vegetables) can cause it, iron supplements can too, but so can the stool moving thru your intestines too quickly so that the bile doesn't have time to break down quickly enough.
Given that you also have less appetite, you may have a stomach bug - in the US, if you haven't been traveling - this is usually do to a virus which will pass.
But I want to make sure your sugars are in a healthy range. Do you have Type I or Type II Diabetes? Do you take insulin? Have you been able to eat (even though you have no appetite) and drink enough fluids these past 3 days?
Do you have a fever or stomach area pain? Are you nauseated?
Please check your sugars and write me back - thanks.
Are your blood sugars in a good range?
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
I am sorry you are not feeling well.
Green stool isn't a serious thing in itself but depends on what else is going on. Green foods (food XXXXXXX green vegetables) can cause it, iron supplements can too, but so can the stool moving thru your intestines too quickly so that the bile doesn't have time to break down quickly enough.
Given that you also have less appetite, you may have a stomach bug - in the US, if you haven't been traveling - this is usually do to a virus which will pass.
But I want to make sure your sugars are in a healthy range. Do you have Type I or Type II Diabetes? Do you take insulin? Have you been able to eat (even though you have no appetite) and drink enough fluids these past 3 days?
Do you have a fever or stomach area pain? Are you nauseated?
Please check your sugars and write me back - thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
No I haven't traveled anywhere, I do not have diabetes, I have forced my self to eat some
Fruit (oranges) that's all that sound good.
Fruit (oranges) that's all that sound good.
Brief Answer:
You can wait, or if you are feeling ill, go to an urgent care clinic.
Detailed Answer:
If you are having no pain or fevers, you can wait a couple more days to see if this will pass.
If you feel as though you are getting progressively worse, you should go to an urgent care clinic to be seen this weekend.
You can wait, or if you are feeling ill, go to an urgent care clinic.
Detailed Answer:
If you are having no pain or fevers, you can wait a couple more days to see if this will pass.
If you feel as though you are getting progressively worse, you should go to an urgent care clinic to be seen this weekend.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Ok thank you
Brief Answer:
Your welcome!
Detailed Answer:
If you have no further questions, please go ahead and close the discussion and rate me if you wish.
Best regards and I hope you are feeling better soon.
Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh, MD
Your welcome!
Detailed Answer:
If you have no further questions, please go ahead and close the discussion and rate me if you wish.
Best regards and I hope you are feeling better soon.
Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh, MD
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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