Does anyone know what would cause a stool to be green and 'fuzzy' looking, kind of like algae? The patient hasn't started any new meds, has no s/s of any GI disorder, not taking iron supplements. She said it just started and I had no answers as to why this would be.
Any ideas?
TDCHIM
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As other have noted, lots of different food colorings can do this, along with strongly-colored foods like pomegranates or black raspberries. The weirdest stool color I've ever seen came after I let my son eat some of those Robin Egg candy-coated malted milk balls last spring. His poo looked like a mixture of green and blue play-doh. It was fascinating in a disgusting sort of way. If your patient hasn't had one item that would yield that color, maybe she's had a mixture of strongly-colored foods and liquids that could mix and result in green poop.