What Causes Green Stool?

Posted on Fri, 17 Feb 2017

Question: hie, i am having green stools since last two days . i had a minor oral (tooth implant) surgery 4 days back and am on antibiotics but forgot to take ranitidine which was also prescribed. is this could be the cause of green stools

Answered by Dr. Amit Jain (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
There is nothing to worry

Detailed Answer:
Hello! Thanks for putting your query in HCM. I am a Gastroenterologist.

There is nothing to worry as most of the time stool colour depends on our diet only. Green stool is a common stool color change. It may be due to bile pigment in the stool because sometime stool move quickly thorough the intestine so the chemical can't break down leading to greenish discoloration and it may be due to intake of antibiotics. It will normalise once you stop antibiotics.

I hope I have answered your query and this will help you . Wish you a good health

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