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Child Passing Green Color Stool After Taking Green Color Antibiotic. Suggestions?

My baby is 7 months old and passing green color stool. This started after we started giving him vegetable juices and other milk. Rest everything is normal with him. Dr suggested antibiotics and given one green color tablet which stops the loose motion process. This was five days course. There was improvement in him but after the course got over he agains started same green color stool. stools are not always green color some times normal stools are also done. Please guide.
Fri, 14 Jun 2013
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General & Family Physician 's  Response
Hi your baby age is 7 month , so first go for food supplyment and most important mother milk . Now if he is passing green stool with foul odour or metallic smell then she need antibiotic along with this if you give other milk add water in it. If he pass stool too many time give him ORS solution and juice . Rest consult with child specialist ! Take care.
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General & Family Physician Dr. S. Jegadeesan's  Response
Hello,
As per your statement your son passed green colored motion after you started giving him vegetable juices and other milk. Otherwise he was normal. When your son developed diarrhea a green color tab was prescribed for 5 days, There was improvement in diarrhea., but the green colored motion recurred/persisted
Your son had green colored motion even before green colored tab was prescribed for him. There are are so many causes for green colored motion. treatment is needed only when there is green colored diarrhea
The reason for green colored stool Are
Bile secreted by the liver is green in color. When the food passes through the bowels after absorption it turns into dark brown color. If the food rapidly passes through the bowels called as - decreased colonic transit time, the child may have green colored motion
Eating green foods. Green, leafy vegetables contain chlorophyll, which could be coloring the stool green
Even green colored tab or eating or sucking on colored non-food items, such as crayons can also produce green colored motion.
Only if the child develops diarrhea treatment by Dr is indicated
Best wishes
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Child Passing Green Color Stool After Taking Green Color Antibiotic. Suggestions?

Hi your baby age is 7 month , so first go for food supplyment and most important mother milk . Now if he is passing green stool with foul odour or metallic smell then she need antibiotic along with this if you give other milk add water in it. If he pass stool too many time give him ORS solution and juice . Rest consult with child specialist ! Take care.