White Diarrhea Due to Gallstones

Normally, bile, produced in the liver, is temporarily stored in the gallbladder and from there, after a fatty meal, expelled into the duodenum.

Gallbladder stones may press on the main bile duct and obstruct it from the outside, thus preventing the bile flow into the duodenum. A small gallstone may move from the gallbladder into the main bile duct, thus obstructing it from the inside. Symptoms of bile duct obstruction include one or more of the following:

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Causes of a Green Bowel Movement

Food

Green bowel movement may be normal for a person that ingests a lot of:

• Green leafy vegetables like broccoli, lettuce, spinach, cabbage
• Black licorice
• Baby formula – vegetable mashes
• Artificial colors, commonly added to ice creams, soda, fruit juices, or other drinks, morning cereals, milk products, sweets, etc.
• Iron-rich foods like enriched breakfast cereals, red meat, spinach, beans, etc.

Dark green color may persist for up to five days after ingesting above mentioned foods. Supplements or artificial colors may give bright green color to the stool.

In infants, stool is green in first days after delivery, and later due to breastfeeding. Some baby formulas can also give green color to infant stool.

Children on clear-liquid ”starvation diet” during illness may have green watery stools.

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