What Causes Green Color Stool?

Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2014

Question: Inoticed my stool was a green color this morning. What cause this.

Answered by Dr. Deepika Patil (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
could be due to stool softner usage

Detailed Answer:
Hi Sir,

Welcome to HealthcareMagic .

Excessive use of stool softner may cause food to pass quickly through bowel and prevent proper digestion and cause green coloured stool. I suspect this could be the cause in your case.

Other common causes are
-use of iron supplements
-food poisoning
-celiac disease etc.

Hope I have answered your query . If any further queries are there I would love to help.

Regards
Dr.Deepika Patil

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