Why is my baby’s stool green?

When food enters the intestine, bile is secreted to help digestion of food. Under normal circumstances, there are many microorganisms and beneficial bacteria in the intestine, and bile is turned into bile acid by the action of microorganisms and circulated through the intestine and liver, part of which is absorbed and part of which is decomposed into fecal bile, which is oxidized and changed into fecal bile, and the stool is yellow when it is discharged. Some of the fecal bile elements can not be oxidized to discharge the stool with green bile-like stool, which is green stool. I don’t believe that green stools will turn yellow soon after being left outside, even adult stools can change color, so don’t worry. What causes it? 1, with the entry of food such as eating more green cooked vegetables, eat iron-containing rice flour, milk powder, or supplemental iron, so that there is completely absorbed without the full combination with bile acids, can cause green stool. 2, faster intestinal peristalsis, more frequent bowel movements Such as exclusively breastfed babies, sometimes the stool will be in 8-10 times a day, so much so that there is a little poop on each diaper. Sometimes the mother controls the amount of milk for the baby, does not nurse on demand, and the baby is hungry, all of which can cause green stools. Children who are artificially fed have large molecular weight of milk powder proteins that are not partially hydrolyzed, and children show symptoms of indigestion after drinking. In addition, whether breast milk or formula, its powder content is too high, easy to cause the baby to drink after intestinal flatulence, intestinal peristalsis accelerated. These can cause the baby’s stool to turn green and with bubbles. If the child usually eat well, growth and development standards, even if some green stool mothers do not worry, it does not affect the health of the child. In addition to paying attention to the color of the child’s stool, pay attention to the shape of the stool, if the stool is watery, a large amount, the number of stools suddenly increased, sweating, to consider whether the child is cold, intestinal tract has a virus or bacterial infection, you should go to the hospital to test the stool, visit the doctor to find out the cause for diagnosis and treatment. The following methods, help to improve 1, breast-fed children: it is recommended that the mother properly control the intake of sweets and fruits, such as more mothers, can after less nursing to the baby, because the fat content of the hind milk is high, which can reduce the baby’s intestinal peristalsis and the number of stools; 2, artificially fed children: add formula when breast milk is not enough, to moderate protein hydrolysis of milk powder is appropriate. To add the appropriate intake of probiotics; 3, iron supplementation of the baby: while supplementing some vitamin C, so that the iron can be fully oxidized.