Dark green stool may be caused by dietary factors, medication factors, enteritis, indigestion and other reasons.
1. Dietary factors: because of eating too much green vegetables, chlorophyll is not fully absorbed, discharged into the intestinal tract and feces mixed with the discharge of dark green stools, there is no change in the nature and frequency of defecation, is a normal phenomenon, no need to deal with.
2. Drug factors: taking iron, bismuth, may be discharged dark green stool.
3. Enteritis: Inflammation of the intestinal tract, due to the reaction between bilirubin in the feces and the acid in the intestines to form bilirubin, resulting in dark green stool color, accompanied by increased frequency of bowel movements, abdominal pain and other symptoms.
4. Indigestion: stomach peristalsis is slow, the digestive juices are lacking in the ingested food, which is not fully digested and excreted into the intestine, and there are incompletely digested food residues in the feces, resulting in dark green color of stools.
It is recommended to consult a doctor in time and follow the doctor’s instructions.