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Posted 11/21/2013 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
Hello,

I have a new symptom again. This week it is dark green stool with undigested food. I don't have any abdominal pain or urgency or diarrhea though. I felt a lot better after drinking ginger juice on an empty stomach in the morning. I came to know that it reduces gastritis and dyspepsia. I have ordered black onion seeds and black salt as well.

I have mild gastritis. I read on the internet that gastritis causes these symptoms. The NSAIDs irritate or damage the stomach lining. But, CD can cause it as well. Do you guys have these symptoms? I've an appointment with the doctor tomorrow.
Posted 11/21/2013 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
Are you adding new foods or supplements to your diet often? It could be that something new you've tried doesn't agree with you. It's best to try only one new food or supplement at a time in order to know if it will agree with your system. By that I mean give at least a week between new things being introduced. I have a healthy dose of skepticism about many things being touted as "wonder treatments" but I do like ginger tea made from fresh ginger when I'm having diarrhea, but even good things can be a problem in large amounts.

Your food is traveling through your system before it has a chance to digest. The green is bile, most likely. It could be new foods, a virus, a CD flare... I'm glad you have an appt.
Posted 11/21/2013 6:52 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for your reply JaSanne. I've not been eating anything new. I found out a good food plans that suits me. I've been on that ever since. I'm not taking any vitamin tablets or iron supplements. My symptoms aggravate on drinking tea and coffee, so I'm doubting gastritis. But, most of the time you don't get proper answers from the doctors. Many time they fail to find a cause. I'll post on the same thread after my appointment.

Exactly! green is bile. The food has been passing quickly through my gut, not allowing enough time for food digestion.
Posted 11/22/2013 7:08 PM (GMT 0)
dietary causes for green stool are iron supplements and green food coloring, which can be found in flavored drink mixes, ice pops and birthday-cake icing.

Bile — a fat-digesting yellow-green fluid that's secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder — can also cause green poop.

"As bile pigments travel through your gastrointestinal tract, they are chemically altered by enzymes, changing the pigments from green to brown,"

However, if food is moving through your large intestine too quickly, the bile doesn't have time to break down completely and stains your stool green, rather than brown.
Posted 11/22/2013 8:48 PM (GMT 0)
crohnielass,

Thanks for the explanation on the passage of food through the gut.

Like I said, I've not been taking any iron supplement. My diet hasn't changed in a while. I went to the doctor today and gave blood samples. He's going to do CRP, hemoglobin and other tests.

I finally found out myself that it was due to gastritis. The stomach dumped food in to the intestine with undigested food. I drank coffee and tea and had those problems. My stools are brown again. I've to wait for the test results to get it confirmed. I want to make sure that there is no inflammation or fistula in the intestine.
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