When a baby is young, the issue of bowel movements is the most indicative of their health. A normal baby's stool should be yellowish in color. If a baby has a blue-green stool, many parents will be very worried, thinking that there are some health problems with the baby. So what's wrong with infants and young children having green stool?
There are actually many reasons why babies have green stools, but the first thing to pay attention to is whether there are any abnormalities in their stools. It mainly depends on the frequency and characteristics of their stools, that is, the appearance and frequency of their stools. As long as the frequency and characteristics of a child's stool are normal, color is not the main criterion for judging whether the child has abnormalities, so for the vast majority of children, having a green stool is not a pathological condition.
The common reasons that can cause children to have green stools include catching a cold or being hungry and not eating enough. At this time, children may experience increased intestinal peristalsis, which may result in the discharge of green stools, especially some loose green stools. In addition, during the child's digestion process, some excess bile may be excreted with the stool, which may also cause the color of the child's stool to turn green.
Some children who are fed formula with iron may not be able to fully digest and absorb the iron in the formula, which can also cause their stool to turn green. Some children may add green vegetable puree when adding complementary foods, which may also be one of the reasons why their stool turns green. So parents don't need to be too nervous, as long as the child has no other abnormalities, there will be no problem.
