Dark Green Stool After Gastric Bypass

Aug 29 2011 7.

Dark green stool after gastric bypass.

In older children and adults green stool is uncommon. 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. So i am sipping and walking my butt off. 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.

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. While we are on the poo subject mine is dark green like duck poo lol i just presumed it was off the iron tablets. I am 4 days post op and all the stools i have had are black and runny. I haven t been passing gas too much though but am hurting in my left shoulder.

Some foods like licorice green leafy vegetables or taking supplements can turn your poop very dark green or black. I am hoping that will help. Tarry sticky looking stool is also not normal. 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.

Noticing black stool after a bowel movement may cause you to wonder what has turned your poop very dark. Newborns pass a dark green stool called meconium and breast fed infants often produce yellow green stools. Certain medications or iron supplements also can cause green stool. Bowel movements change after gastric bypass.

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. Usually black or dark green stool is caused by eating certain foods or due to gastrointestinal gi bleeding. I have lost 10 2 lbs. Green stool when your feces look green is usually the result of something you ate such as spinach.