Patient's question:
The baby often has cold hands and feet, what's the reason? The baby is 140 days old, besides frequently having green stools, the baby has a bowel movement twice a day, the height is 65 cm, and the weight is 16 pounds plus.Doctor's answer:
Green stools in breastfed infants are closely related to the chemical changes of bile. Bile from the upper small intestine contains bilirubin and biliverdin, which give the stool a yellow-green color. If the milk the baby consumes is a bit too cool, or if the child's abdomen or feet are exposed to cold, it may cause green stools. This is because the cold exposure accelerates intestinal motility, leaving biliverdin in the colon insufficient time to be reduced to bilirubin, so the stool appears green.