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What Causes Green Mucus In Stool?
Question: Hi,my daughter is 5 month old.she is passing motion 3 times .motion is in greenish with white cheese like thing.doctor has suggested to give nor metrogyl for 5 days.dosage is 2.5 ml twice daily.is it advisable to continue this medicine.kindly suggest.
Brief Answer:
It is normal. Nothing needs to be done about it.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. Let me assure you that for a baby of this age, it is normal to pass stool several times a day or even after each feed. Alternatively the child may pass stool once in 10 days and that is normal too. Unless the stool is hard and pellet like, you need not grow concerned. It is also normal to pass green stool or a combination of yellow stool. The green colour occurs due to rapid transit through large intestine where the bile pigments do not get adequate time to convert to the yellow colour of stool. It is OK for some mucus to be there in the stool.
It does not need any treatment and so, treatment with metrogyl is meaningless.
Feel free to write back.
Regards
It is normal. Nothing needs to be done about it.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. Let me assure you that for a baby of this age, it is normal to pass stool several times a day or even after each feed. Alternatively the child may pass stool once in 10 days and that is normal too. Unless the stool is hard and pellet like, you need not grow concerned. It is also normal to pass green stool or a combination of yellow stool. The green colour occurs due to rapid transit through large intestine where the bile pigments do not get adequate time to convert to the yellow colour of stool. It is OK for some mucus to be there in the stool.
It does not need any treatment and so, treatment with metrogyl is meaningless.
Feel free to write back.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Sir,
Thanks for your reply.The motion is slightly watery.Prior to this , we have given her Raagi mixed with panamkarkandu (sweet) a traditional food for babies.we have stopped as suggested by doctor.can we continue this ?
Thanks for your reply.The motion is slightly watery.Prior to this , we have given her Raagi mixed with panamkarkandu (sweet) a traditional food for babies.we have stopped as suggested by doctor.can we continue this ?
Brief Answer:
Better not to give. It is ok to give in small amounts.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back. We usually recommend introduction of semisolids from 6 months of age. But in any case, breast milk should still remain the primary food. You need not worry about the consistency. Just continue to give breast feeds. If the frequency of passing urine is fine, you need not worry.
Regards
Better not to give. It is ok to give in small amounts.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back. We usually recommend introduction of semisolids from 6 months of age. But in any case, breast milk should still remain the primary food. You need not worry about the consistency. Just continue to give breast feeds. If the frequency of passing urine is fine, you need not worry.
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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