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What Causes Stomach Ache And Green Colored Stool?

hi I am a 19 year old female and my gall bladder is only working 17%. my digestive disease doctor says I need to get it removed (scheduled in December). I am also a college freshmen and since I came to school my stomach aches have been worse & occasionally I get a shooting sharp pain from my stomach area to my gallbladder area. I have been lightheaded and sometimes feel like I need to vomit but don't. Today I experienced some vertigo. I also had a green, but normal consistency stool. I haven't had any green food or anything. should I contact my doctor about how I've been feeling? Are these symptoms of a gall bladder attack?
Tue, 16 May 2017
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Hi, you are probably suffering from cholecystitis or cholelithiasis(inflammation of gall bladder and Gall stones). Normally Gall bladder stores & concentrates BILE (specially secreted fluid from liver which contains biliary pigmentes called bilirubin and biliverdin, bile is green in color). Gall bladder also secretes bile salts and bile acids. Bile along with its salts is required for digestive process in small intestine; bile salts are required for digestion of fat components of food and metabolism. In conditions such as cholecystitis or cholelithiasis when your gall bladder is not working adequately, it doesn't stores and concentrates bile, large amounts of bile flows straight through your GI system giving your stools green color.
Apart from this eating foods containing too much chlorophyll can also give stool a green color. E.g. Spinach
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What Causes Stomach Ache And Green Colored Stool?

Hi, you are probably suffering from cholecystitis or cholelithiasis(inflammation of gall bladder and Gall stones). Normally Gall bladder stores & concentrates BILE (specially secreted fluid from liver which contains biliary pigmentes called bilirubin and biliverdin, bile is green in color). Gall bladder also secretes bile salts and bile acids. Bile along with its salts is required for digestive process in small intestine; bile salts are required for digestion of fat components of food and metabolism. In conditions such as cholecystitis or cholelithiasis when your gall bladder is not working adequately, it doesn t stores and concentrates bile, large amounts of bile flows straight through your GI system giving your stools green color. Apart from this eating foods containing too much chlorophyll can also give stool a green color. E.g. Spinach