Symptom: Green stool
Green stool: Green coloration of the stool
Detailed cause information for symptom: Green stool:
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Symptoms related to Green stool: dark stool (10), bloody stool (41), stool color (45), green urine (0), black stool (10), stool odor (6)
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Possible causes of symptom: Green stool: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Green stool as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Salmonella - can cause greenish stool (usually diarrhea)
- Giardia - can cause greenish stool (usually diarrhea)
- Swallowed postnasal drip - ie. from an upper respiratory disorder
- Intestinal disorder
- Starvation stools - usually in children; green watery stool caused by being on a liquid diet for a few days (e.g. if ill)
- See also dark stool, blood in stool, or stool color changes
Last revised: Nov 21, 2003
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