Dark Green Stool After Gastric Bypass

In older children and adults green stool is uncommon.

Dark green stool after gastric bypass.

The nurse said that it could be from the gas they used to blow up my stomach. Certain medications or iron supplements also can cause green stool. Newborns pass a dark green stool called meconium and breast fed infants often produce yellow green stools. Gastric bypass posted november 13 2012 hey not normal to have black stools that far out unless you are eating something pink peto bismal or iron.

While we are on the poo subject mine is dark green like duck poo lol i just presumed it was off the iron tablets. Aug 29 2011 7. I am hoping that will help. Hi channing yes the more of the stomach that has been removed or bypassed the more likely you would be to experience diarrhea and loose stools.

I am almost 6 weeks post op from a gastric bypass i am having white stool movements roughly about 4 a day and its been getting worse of the last 2 weeks considering i am on iron tablets. So i am sipping and walking my butt off. Tarry sticky looking stool is also not normal. Things have been difficult at times but most of the discomfort has been psychological.

I haven t been passing gas too much though but am hurting in my left shoulder. Usually black or dark green stool is caused by eating certain foods or due to gastrointestinal gi bleeding. I am 4 days post op and all the stools i have had are black and runny. Green stool when your feces look green is usually the result of something you ate such as spinach.

Both of these types of stool can indicate blood in the stool and should be reported to your surgeon unless you were told to expect this after surgery. Dark stool or stool that looks black in color is not normal after surgery and often indicates bleeding in the upper part of the digestive tract. Some foods like licorice green leafy vegetables or taking supplements can turn your poop very dark green or black. Bowel movements change after gastric bypass.