Reasons for dark green stools in newborns

The stool of newborns is quite changeable. Because of their poor resistance, newborns are prone to stool problems. Therefore, many families want to fully understand the cause of their newborns' dark green stools. The following content gives many parents a detailed introduction to the reasons why newborns' stools are dark green, so you can have a comprehensive understanding.

1. After a newborn is born, its stool gradually changes from black meconium to dark green, green, and yellow. This is a normal phenomenon.

2 The stool of breastfed babies is acidic, and bilirubin can be converted into biliverdin due to the action of oxidative bacteria, so it is normal for the stool of breastfed babies to be slightly green.

3 The feces of infants fed with formula milk are alkaline and can be further reduced to colorless fecal cholin, so the stool color is lighter. If a formula-fed baby excretes green stools, it means that the intestinal motility is accelerated, indicating that the child's digestive function is poor. The baby can take some oral medications to adjust the gastrointestinal tract (such as Mami Love, etc.).

4. If babies who eat iron-containing milk powder cannot fully absorb the iron in the milk powder, the iron will pass through the digestive tract and come into contact with the air, and their stools will turn green.

5. The amount of stool is small, the frequency is high, and it is green and mucous. This situation is often caused by insufficient feeding, and this type of stool is also called "hunger stool". As long as the baby is fed enough, the bowel movements will return to normal.

The above content comprehensively introduces the reasons why the newborn's stool is dark green. If you want your child to have normal stool as soon as possible without affecting your child's health, you must have a comprehensive understanding of some of the reasons introduced above, and then use correct treatment as soon as possible to make your child's stool change to a more normal color as soon as possible through correct treatment.