Patient's question:
My baby is 14 months old and has had diarrhea for three days. The poop is green. We've used Dinggui'er and Qitian, but it hasn't improved. The baby still needs to defecate three times a day. The baby keeps having diarrhea. In the morning, after coming down, the baby has a lot of watery poop, followed by a little green poop.Previous treatment and effectiveness: None.
What help is needed: How can the baby get better? Should we continue eating it?
Doctor's answer:
Normally, human feces are yellow because bilirubin in bile is a yellow pigment that stains the feces, making them appear yellow. However, bilirubin can be hydrolyzed to form biliverdin, which turns the feces green. When a baby urinates, the bilirubin in the feces encounters oxygen in the air and is hydrolyzed into greenish biliverdin, causing the stool to turn green again. This is a normal physiological phenomenon, so please don't worry. You can adjust and restrict the baby's diet to give their digestive system a proper rest.