1 Why did the color change?

Green feces are often observed in the summer. This is not surprising, since food gets into the stomach with green dyes, which can be of natural origin. As a rule, people consume the greatest amount of greenery in the summer months, so the causes of green feces may be trite in the nature of food.

A newborn child has black and green feces - this is the norm, but only in the first month of life. Further, the color of the feces should acquire a dark olive hue, and then approach the normal light-brown color. In the first days of a child's life, parents should not worry because of this, unless the overall health of the child has dramatically worsened.

In adults, green feces can be a harbinger of the symptoms of very unpleasant diseases. Some of them should be considered in more detail. A dark green stool often occurs due to bleeding in the intestine or stomach. Thus, peptic ulcer makes itself known, and in some cases also oncological diseases. With gastric bleeding, the feces are almost black. This color is due to products of complete oxidation of blood iron. Other signs of bleeding are general weakness, anemia, rapid pulse, pallor and the appearance of dyspnea.

Green stool often occurs in a person with dysentery. This is a very serious infectious disease, which should be treated only in a hospital and only under the supervision of qualified specialists. In addition, that feces of green color, in a sick adult or child, vomiting, nausea, general weakness, increased body temperature, which are often accompanied by severe pain in the stomach.

The cause of a green stool may be a disease of the small intestine - dysbiosis. With such problems, the digestive microorganisms die, which provokes the processes of fermentation and decay. The body begins to fight the disease itself, and the leucocytes are lost in the intestine. It is they who color the stool in green. Such phenomena can be observed after a prolonged intake of antibiotics.

There are often cases of the appearance of green stool in an adult and with various diseases of the blood or liver. It occurs because of the mass disintegration of red blood cells of hepatic hemoglobin. As a result, there is an excess of bilirubin, which stains the stool in a dark green color.

To sum up the original result, it is necessary to list the main diseases in which serious changes in fecal masses are possible. Among them:

• salmonellosis;
• Crohn's disease;
• ulcerative colitis;
• gastroesophageal reflux disease;
• various forms of diabetes;
• ulcerative colitis;
• Inflammation of the small intestine;
• food poisoning;
• allergic reactions to lactose and( or) fructose;
• various disorders in the thyroid gland.

However, one must remember that in each specific case, only the doctor can determine the causes and make the correct diagnosis after comprehensive analyzes that include the analysis of not only feces.

2 Why did the child show green feces?

Even more variegated "palette" of causes of green feces in the child, especially in newborn babies. A chair of a greenish hue in infants is evidence of the immaturity of the liver, as well as of other digestive organs.

A frequent reason for this is inadequate nutrition when the baby empties the breast completely.

It all depends on what kind of milk( "back" or "front") is used by the baby. Such terms are considered rather conditional and do not indicate that the female body produces different types or types of milk. Simply the first "front" milk is almost devoid of fat. Doctors believe that it is designed to quench the thirst of the child and serve to replenish his body with liquid. But the "back" milk serves to saturate, since it is already sufficiently enriched with the necessary nutrients. Determine the exact time of getting the baby "rear" milk is impossible, the percentage of its fat content increases gradually.

For a baby who is on artificial feeding, color changes of fecal masses are also characteristic. The composition of milk formulas is stable, but a set of trace elements, among which there is iron, is able to stain a chair in greenish shades.

Changes in stool color and its consistency during teething in infants are often observed. This is the period when children take to mouth and gnaw everything. Talk about the sterility of such items is not necessary. That's why the gastrointestinal tract gets a lot of bacteria, which violate the proper operation of internal organs.

A change in the color of stool in a child may occur after supplementation. The color of this or that fruit or vegetable does not play a primary role here. Since the final formation of the GIT system, as a rule, ends at 12 years. So calories of green color can occur in children of different ages.

If the nursing mother herself was poisoned, the toxins with milk may well be transmitted to the baby. In parallel, the child often has a rash and fever, besides, in addition to changing the color of the stool, he can also produce an unusual sharp odor.

3 What can I do before I visit a doctor?

The main rule that should be taken as a basis for detecting a change in the color of faeces is - in no case do not panic! Before you go to a specialist, you can independently take a number of preventive actions:

1. Use probiotics such as Bifikola, Lactobacterin, which are available in the form of tablets, capsules, powders, rectal suppositories. These drugs well restore the intestinal microflora, for example, after long-term use of drugs.
2. Possible food poisoning, which occurred before the appearance of green feces, can be neutralized with activated charcoal. Its quantity individually, basically adhere to the scheme: 1 tablet per 10 kg of body weight of a person.
3. If vomiting and nausea occur on the background of discoloration and / or consistency of stool, Regiodron can be used. In some cases, changing your own diet will help ensure that the color and consistency of the stool will return to normal.

Breastfeeding mothers should remember that they( especially in the first months of life crumbs) need to follow a strict diet:

• not eat sweets( primarily chocolate);
• wait with citrus;
• to introduce other fruits and vegetables into your diet gradually, 1 time per 2-3 weeks.

This strategy will identify the individual allergic reactions of the child to each specific product and prevent their development. It is not necessary to think, that the allergy to this or that product at the child is for all life. You can wait a few months and try again to give the baby a small piece of such a product.

4 When should I see a doctor?

Immediate medical attention is required if blood is found in the stool and a persistent smell of rot is felt. As a rule, in this case, a specialist appoints a study, called a coprogram. This is a laboratory study that analyzes the physical, chemical and microscopic parameters and properties of the stool. It is this analysis that gives the most objective answer, why the feces acquired this or that shade. Appointed and ultrasound of the internal organs of the digestive tract.

Carefully conducted studies will tell specialists about the work of the digestive tract, the liver of the patient, help to identify inflammatory processes, many diseases of parasitic origin. After this, an adequate course of treatment can be prescribed. For the restoration of microflora, courses of probiotics and prebiotics are used, and an individual diet is prescribed. Other infectious and pathological diseases of the digestive tract should be treated permanently.