Dark Green Stool After Gastric Bypass

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.

Dark green stool after gastric bypass.

I am hoping that will help. June 21 2020 today is day 9 of 13 of the pre op clear liquid only diet. Some foods like licorice green leafy vegetables or taking supplements can turn your poop very dark green or black. 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.

Bowel movements change after gastric bypass. Noticing black stool after a bowel movement may cause you to wonder what has turned your poop very dark. So i am sipping and walking my butt off. Aug 29 2011 7.

Usually black or dark green stool is caused by eating certain foods or due to gastrointestinal gi bleeding. 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 haven t been passing gas too much though but am hurting in my left shoulder. I have lost 10 2 lbs.

In older children and adults green stool is uncommon. I am 4 days post op and all the stools i have had are black and runny. While we are on the poo subject mine is dark green like duck poo lol i just presumed it was off the iron tablets. Things have been difficult at times but most of the discomfort has been psychological.

The nurse said that it could be from the gas they used to blow up my stomach. Green stool when your feces look green is usually the result of something you ate such as spinach. Tarry sticky looking stool is also not normal. Newborns pass a dark green stool called meconium and breast fed infants often produce yellow green stools.