A baby with diarrhea and green stool is usually caused by many different reasons. Parents need to pay attention to careful comparison and first determine what causes the baby's green stool, in order to prescribe the right medicine and adopt suitable treatment methods for the baby. So, what's going on with a baby having diarrhea and green stool?
Firstly, green stool in infants may be due to poor iron absorption. Infants who usually consume formula milk powder, if they cannot absorb the iron in formula milk powder well, will have yellow green stool, and the white lumps in the stool will be relatively large, which will easily be accompanied by obvious odor.
Secondly, if a baby catches a cold or flu, it can also easily lead to diarrhea and green stools. During the seasonal transition, young babies are particularly prone to catching colds and developing digestive problems, such as diarrhea, which is particularly common in autumn and winter. In this case, the frequency of bowel movements in infants will significantly increase, usually around five times a day. The stool is also granular and very sour. Due to exposure to cold, the intestinal peristalsis of infants will significantly increase, and sometimes there may be symptoms of abdominal pain. The stool examination results show that there are no bacteria or viral infections.
Finally, if a baby has diarrhea and their stool is green, parents should pay attention to home care. Generally, the green stool symptoms caused by catching a cold or flu are not very severe and do not require medication treatment. Parents should pay attention to keeping their babies warm, and when their cold symptoms improve or they reduce the amount of food they feed their babies, it will gradually improve and return to normal.
