Green?

Ok so im used to the blood red, the black, and in between those, and even on occasion brown or beigish if i eat pea soup lol. But green today like really green, and maybe 4 or 5 times. I didnt eat anything green... anyone care to explain this phenom?

There can be many reasons why stool appears to be green. The first and most obvious reason is eating green foods. Green, leafy vegetables contain chlorophyll which could be coloring the stool green. Foods with dark purple coloring like Kool-Aid, popsicles, and gelatin (Jell-O) can also result in rainbow-colored stools. Iron supplements or even foods that are rich in iron can also give stool a green tinge.

Stool can also appear green for physical reasons, and not just from what you've been eating. We think of a healthy stool as being brown. Bile that is secreted in the first part of the small intestine is actually green. As stool is digested and passed through the large intestine it is turned into a darker brown color.

If stool is still green by the time it is excreted, it could mean that it went through the large intestine too fast to be changed in color. This is often called "rapid transit" or "decreased colonic transit time" and diarrhea that is green in color could be the result.

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Black licorice too.

Iron pills-its actually listed as a side effect.

From the previous posts you can tell that there are a lot of possible explanations-I would however mention it to the doc at your next appointment.

Grape Gatorade always does it for me.

Okay, sorry guys, but I have green drainage all the time, meaning green snot. Again, sorry for the description.

boy, us crohnie's really know our poop!

I couldn't resist... ;)