What Do Different Stool Colors Indicate?

Under normal conditions, human feces are yellowish. If there is a significant white color in the stool, and the body shows jaundice changes, it is necessary to go to the hospital for examination in time. If the stool is dark red and accompanied by blood streaks, there may be problems with the gastrointestinal tract. Black stool may be related to food and medication, or it may be caused by gastric bleeding.

If you eat too much green leafy vegetables every day for a period of time, it can cause green stool.

If you eat some animal blood such as pig blood in your daily life, it may also lead to black stool. If there are inflammation, tumors, or hemoptysis in the nasopharynx, the blood swallowed into the stomach from the throat can also lead to black stool. Oral iron supplements, bismuth preparations, etc., can also lead to black stool.

If there is red stool or blood on the surface, it needs to be considered that it is caused by anal fissure, hemorrhoids, and other diseases.

If the stool appears grayish-white or clay-like, it may be caused by lesions in the liver and gallbladder.

If the stool is dark yellow, it is often seen in hemolytic jaundice, which is caused by the massive destruction of red blood cells. It is often accompanied by hemolytic anemia, which can be caused by congenital defects of red blood cells, hemolytic bacterial infections, malignant dysentery, mismatched blood transfusion, poisoning by certain chemicals or toxins, various immune responses (including autoimmunity), etc.

Light red stool like meat water is most commonly seen in summer. Eating some pickled foods contaminated with halophilic bacteria. Common ones include diarrhea caused by Salmonella infection.