What is the matter with dark green and shapeless stool

Whether it is an adult or a child, when the stool is dark green and unformed, it must be taken seriously, because if the stool is dark green and unformed, it means that there is a problem with your body. Therefore, for many patients with this symptom, after understanding what is going on, they should improve it through treatment as soon as possible.

Black, unformed stools are a symptom of digestive tract disease. When bleeding occurs in the upper gastrointestinal tract, including the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, upper jejunum, pancreas, and bile duct, the iron in hemoglobin in red blood cells combines with sulfide to form iron sulfide under the action of intestinal bacteria, making the stool appear black.

The changes in stool texture, softness and color during upper gastrointestinal bleeding depend entirely on the site of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, the amount of bleeding, the rate of bleeding and the time the blood stays in the intestine. If the amount of bleeding is large and the bleeding speed is fast, and the stool stays in the intestine for a short time, the texture of the stool will become very soft or even close to liquid, and the color may further change from black to reddish brown or even bright red. Typical tarry black stools may only appear when the amount of upper gastrointestinal bleeding is relatively small, the bleeding rate is relatively slow, and the bleeding stays in the intestine for a long time.

Passing tarry black stools is just one typical manifestation of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The stool color changes during upper gastrointestinal bleeding are not always tarry, but vary greatly. For example: when the amount of bleeding is relatively small, the change in stool color cannot be detected by the naked eye and can only be detected through special tests; when the amount of bleeding reaches more than 50 ml, the stool color becomes darker, which can be seen by the naked eye. However, in addition to the tarry stools mentioned above, the color of the stools can also turn into brown, reddish brown or even bright red when there is upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

The above introduces in detail what is the matter with dark green and unformed stools? For patients with this symptom, in order to further prevent damage to their gastrointestinal tract, it is best to find the cause as soon as possible and use the correct treatment method to make their stools green and unformed, and recover as soon as possible through correct treatment.