Possible causes of dark green stool include dietary factors, intestinal dysfunction, liver function abnormalities, drug factors such as iron medication history.
1. Dietary factors: If a large amount of dark-colored vegetables and fruits, such as broccoli, spinach, etc., are consumed in the usual diet, dark-colored vegetables contain a large amount of chlorophyll, which is often metabolized by the intestinal tract and mixed with the feces to present a dark green color.
2. Intestinal dysfunction and liver function abnormality: if there is infection in the intestine, such as rotavirus, pathogenic Escherichia coli infection prompted by intestinal peristalsis to speed up, the bile in the intestinal bile is not reduced to bilirubin, and discharged through the feces, and therefore green; intestinal probiotics to reduce the role of the bacteria to reduce the weakening of the intestinal bile chlorophyll is not reduced to bilirubin, the stools can be dark green.
3. Drug factors: If you take iron supplements such as iron supplements due to iron deficiency anemia, iron ions in the intestinal tract and sulfide combination, the formation of dark-colored sulfide, which can be dark green or black-brown. In addition, oral antibiotics can lead to an imbalance of intestinal flora, making the stool dark green.
The appearance of dark green stool, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in a timely manner to identify the cause, if necessary, according to the cause of targeted treatment.