Patient's question:
My baby is three months old and is being fed with formula. He started having green stools when he was one and a half months old, twice a day, and they were like paste. Until now, it has been almost half a month that he has been having black green stools, only once every two or three days, and then yellow stools. Sometimes he needs to use soap to insert into the anus to help defecate. Now he is persistently drinking Si Mo Tang, wondering if it will be effective?Doctor's answer:
The possible reasons for a baby's green stool are generally as follows: In breastfed infants, the stool tends to be acidic, and normal stool may slightly appear green, sometimes mixed with some white granules. If a formula-fed infant has green stool, it indicates accelerated intestinal peristalsis or intestinal inflammation, which is a sign of diarrhea. Some parents believe that a child's green stool is due to some kind of shock, but this is incorrect.