green stool

[senstivelungs]

does a liver problem produce green stool?

sometimes it's green, sometimes normal or near normal brown, sometimes its lighter.

[jimgreg]

no, if its a couple times in a year then your fine, however if its mixed with say blood the get checked out. Your meaning I bet the real bright stools..hey your fine!!!!!

[RoseMary6495]

I was just gonna say, sometimes that happens to me too. It varies, and sometimes it's scary. And it occasionally doesn't have anything to do with my diet. Since I was little, my parents have told me to tell them if it's weird, or odd coloured... and I do. I know they're afraid I'll just need a transplant, and that makes them extremely cautious, but it's made me paranoid. There's just so much I dont understand about my body, about my disease... and I hate that.. Sorry, I'm rambling. But sometimes its normal causes, but I wonder if it has to do with our liver diseases as well..

~Rose

[senstivelungs]

thanks.... its just thta my stool varies a lot.... about 18 months ago i did have white poop for a couple of days when i was taking a lot of ibuprofen... :( if I eat something spicy or something bad sometimes it really reduces the dark colour... sometimes green, sometimes orangy, sometimes light brown, sometimes normal (really not common)

so frustrated

[mikesimon]

I wouldn't worry about green colored stools. With liver disease we really don't want to see very pale colored - almost white on occasion - stools. That suggests a liver problem. Our stool color - brown - is caused by bilirubin and if the stool is very pale that shows an absence of bilirubin in the stool and that is not a good sign. We also don't want to see black stools which may indicate blood. Food can also affect the color of our stools and if your diet is very rich in green vegetables that could influence the color. Also if your stools are passing through your digestive tract too quickly - such as with diarrhea - that too can cause the stool to appear greenish.