Patient's question:
The baby's poop is green, sometimes with curds, and they have bowel movements several times a day. The baby is only 47 days old. How is the best way to treat this?Doctor's answer:
Green stools do not significantly interfere with the human body. The green and yellow color of stool comes from the color of bile. Bile is usually used for absorbing food. Under normal circumstances, bile can mix thoroughly with food, providing some absorption effect, making the stool yellow. If bile does not mix evenly with the food in the intestines, due to rapid intestinal peristalsis, it is excreted from the body without any absorption effect. In this case, the color of the stool may become uneven or contain greenish components.