green bowel movement Archives - Healthhype https://healthhype.com/tag/green-bowel-movement Current Health Articles on Symptoms, Diseases and Treatment Mon, 03 Sep 2018 23:34:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://healthhype.com/wp-content/uploads/logoicon.png green bowel movement Archives - Healthhype https://healthhype.com/tag/green-bowel-movement 32 32 Green Bowel Movement and Green Diarrhea – What Are the Causes? https://healthhype.com/green-bowel-movement-what-are-the-causes.html https://healthhype.com/green-bowel-movement-what-are-the-causes.html#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:20:51 +0000 http://www.healthhype.com/?p=2030 Varying shades of brown is accepted as the normal stool color but sometimes it may be other colors. Most of these other hues are considered as abnormal. One of these abnormal colors ia green tinge to overtly green color of the bowel movement. It has to be investigated as this can be a sign of various diseases. The condition is even more serious if there is diarrhea that is green. Most of the time green bowel movement and green diarrhea are thought to be due to bile. This is the substance that is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Bile is naturally a greenish color and released into the small intestine during the digestion of food. However, bile is reabsorbed and also processed by colonic bacteria which yields a yellow to brown color that gives stool its natural color. Causes of a Green Bowel Movement Green bowel movement that is of normal consistency and not overly frequent like in diarrhea is mainly due to strong dyes or colorants staining the stool a green color. This may arise with certain foods, beverages, medication and supplements. Sometimes these substances are not green in color but with digestion and interaction [...]

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