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What Causes Green Color Motion In An Infant?

Posted on Fri, 23 Jan 2015

Question: Hi,my baby is 2 months old,his motion is green in color..is it ok or not?if it is not ok .Wat precautions to be taken for that?

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (23 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Its quite normal - Don't worry

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for your query.

It is a quite normal phenomenon in this age, both for exclusively breast fed and formula fed babies. Nothing to worry. Unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (14 minutes later)

For how many months this will continue?

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (13 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Few days - not months

Detailed Answer:
Hi....nothing like months. It can be intermittent. It will not be chronic. At a stretch it can last for few days.... Not months together. In between the baby will have normal motions too. But as I suggest rather than the motion color or consistency, the above mentioned danger signs are more important.
Regards- Dr. Sumanth

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T