Dark Green Stool After Gastric Bypass

Newborns pass a dark green stool called meconium and breast fed infants often produce yellow green stools.

Dark green stool after gastric bypass.

While we are on the poo subject mine is dark green like duck poo lol i just presumed it was off the iron tablets. Green stool when your feces look green is usually the result of something you ate such as spinach. 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. 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.

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. The nurse said that it could be from the gas they used to blow up my stomach. Usually black or dark green stool is caused by eating certain foods or due to gastrointestinal gi bleeding. Some foods like licorice green leafy vegetables or taking supplements can turn your poop very dark green or black.

Noticing black stool after a bowel movement may cause you to wonder what has turned your poop very dark. Bowel movements change after gastric bypass. Tarry sticky looking stool is also not normal. I am 4 days post op and all the stools i have had are black and runny.

Things have been difficult at times but most of the discomfort has been psychological. June 21 2020 today is day 9 of 13 of the pre op clear liquid only diet. 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. So i am sipping and walking my butt off.

I have lost 10 2 lbs. Certain medications or iron supplements also can cause green stool. In older children and adults green stool is uncommon. 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.