Why do babies have yellow stool?
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Exclusively breastfed babies in the first few days of life should have one stool for every 24 hours that they are old (I have a diary for this is you are interested in keeping track.) In order for a stool to "count" it must be bigger than a fifty cent piece. \n\n The stool transitions from black meconium to green, tarry meconium to brown to yellow.  And if all is going well, then the baby should be passing yellow stool on day 4-5 of life.  The first milk that the breasts make, the colostrum, is a great laxative.  The more colostrum the baby gets,  the more poop they pass. That means that any breastfed baby who does not stool (in the first week of life) is not getting enough milk.
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The dark brown color of soils is due to humus. Humus is the organic part of the soil, formed mostly by humic acids, the result of organic matter degradation. Those acids are brown in color. Other non-humic components include cellulose, chitin, lignins, also brownish in color. \nThe color of stools depends partly on the bilirubins (produced by the degradation of red blood cells). Bilirubins are filtered from the blood by the liver, secreted into the gall bladder and finally added to the digested food when it goes through the small intestin. \n\nIt's true that decomposed organic matter tends to look brownish. This could reflect the fact that many of the colored compounds are "useful" and costly to produce, and are not usually just dumped into the wastes. When one sees colors, it suggests "life"; and those substances usually involve pigments and/or vitamins that are reabsorbed or recycled.\nBut that's not to say that our waste matter does not represent a source of energy for those organisms with more efficient nutrition systems!
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I did volunteer work with gay men dying of aids in Phoenix and yes, there can be skin discoloration as well as rash, mainly on the upper body. The yellow color is referred to as jaundice and could be caused from the aids affecting the liver function or the inability of the liver to properly function due to the excessive medications that aids patients ingest. It could also be hepatitis C which I have seen in many people with HIV and AIDS.
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All of these other answers are wrong.  The yellow pigmentation in urine is called urobilin.  When red blood cells die, the heme is converted to bilirubin by the spleen, which is converted to urobilinogen by the liver, which is then converted to urobilin by the kidneys and gives the yellow color of urine.  Urobilinogen can also go into the colon and be converted to stercobilin by the bacteria of the colon, which is what makes poo brown.
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It's the vitamins. When you take vitamins, your body will process the vitamins and minerals you need to extract from the pill(s), then you liver and kidneys will flush out the excess, and the end result is usually bright neon yellow urine, as well as a smell. If you are having any other symptoms, please see a doctor, it could be something other than your vitamins, and could be microscopically destroying your reproductive organs, or a bladder infection.
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You need to take the baby to the pediatrician. She could have a number of problems from pyloric stenosis to atresia or fistula of her trachea and esophagus. I can't help you anymore without knowing how often the baby does this, what color the food is after coming back out, and some other questions.
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1) I wouldn't worry about wether or not he has had one being pregnant you have enough to worry about.\n2)You can safely take a stool softener/not a laxative\n3)Talk to your doctor about being constipated it is probably caused by your prenatal vitamin.\n4)Make sure you are intaking plenty of water and fruits and vegetables.
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Good questions.  The reasons for babies having these problems are varied - one of the most common fixable would have to be the lack of folic acid in a pregnant woman's diet before getting pregnant & during the first 3 months of baby's development.  Um - jacking off doesn't to my knowledge have anything to do with the problems you mentioned.  Maybe you could look up specific conditions on your web browser or chat to your local nurse/doctor.  Good luck with finding your answers.  Cheers.
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I'm pretty sure you're okay, keep in mind that your stool resembles what you eat.  Kind of like my 22 month old when I change his diaper....I'm not trying to relate your bowel movements to my baby boy however I am trying to say that when you eat something, it's going to reflect in your stool.\n\nExample, when my boy eats peas, his poo is pea green in color!\n\nI think you're experiencing the same thing....uh...without the diaper.  \n\n;-)
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There are many alarms available, ask at your local pharmacy.\nEnuresis might be annoying but it does not mean that there is something wrong with the child. We all learn how our body works at different periods of our lives. Some people are just a little bit slow in discovering the signal from the nerves which control the bladder, " we all know when we are feeling hungry, because our stomach lets us know", in the same way she needs to discover the signal which will alert her of the need to go to the toilet.
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Black stool indicates the presence of blood that has been digested from much further up the digestive tract. Red blood in the stool indicates post metabolic bleeding. Unless the stool in question is BLACK, and not just DARK, you don't have much to worry about. Worry if it is Very Dark, or Black.  Often, a Black bowel movement indicates problems such as ulcers.
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Blood in the stool can be bright red, maroon in color, black and tarry, or occult (not visible to the naked eye). Causes of blood in stool range from harmless, annoying conditions of the gastrointestinal tract such as hemorrhoids to serious conditions such as cancer. Blood in the stool should be evaluated by a healthcare professional. \n\nRectal bleeding (known medically as hematochezia) refers to passage of bright red blood from the anus, often mixed with stool and/or blood clots. Most rectal bleeding comes from the colon, rectum, or anus. The color of the blood during rectal bleeding often depends on the location of the bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract. Generally, the closer the bleeding site is to the anus, the blood will be a brighter red. Thus, bleeding from the anus, rectum, and the sigmoid colon tend to be bright red, whereas bleeding from the transverse colon and the right colon (transverse and right colon are several feet away from the anus) tend to be dark red or maroon colored. \n\nOf all the diagonasis -\nIt could most probably be Hemorroids - check out this link and check out the info .\n\ndon't worry a lot - just go to the doc - hope she gets better soon
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There is a breakdown product of hemoglobin (a major component of red blood cells) called bilirubin.  Bilirubin is eliminated through urination and defecation but it breaks down into the other products.  One of the products is yellow (so that's y pee is yellow)....the other product is brown (and that's y poop is brown)
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Here is a web page that explains green stool:\nhttp://ibdcrohns.about.com/cs/otherdiseases/a/greenstool.htm\n\nIt could be something you ate; it could be that your food passed very quickly through your system.  Bile, which helps break down fats, is actually green -- and that is dumped into your digestive tract early on.
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If the urine is yellow you may be in for jaundice!!!!1\nIf the pain is severe and in right side it can be appendicitis.!!!!\nMere sever constipation too can cause you many problems including stomach pain.\nTake lemon juice. Plenty of water, Lots of GREENS, Plantain fruits.YOGHURT in plenty.(If it is not jaundice)\nSmash ginger add lemon juice allow the white calcium to settle and the drink the decanted juice. \nCONSULT DOCTOR\nTake LIVER TONICS.
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**With the sick feeling lately, it sounds like Rotovirus--the flu.  Have her push fluids slowly to avoid dehydration.  I found this other info also just in case:\n\n"Green stools often indicate that food has passed through the intestines faster than normal (called decreased colon transit time), before it could be changed from green to brown. \n\nDiarrhea decreases colon transit time, so any condition that causes diarrhea can result in green stools. \n\nOther causes of green stools are:\nlaxative use\n\nantibiotic use\n\nmedication side effects\n\nfood poisoning\n\nceliac disease\n\nulcerative colitis\n\nCrohn's disease\n\nmalabsorption\n\nirritable bowel syndrome\n\nbacterial overgrowth\n\ninfectious diarrhea - salmonella and giardia in particular anxiety\n\ntraveler's diarrhea\n\ncancer\n\nFoods and supplements that can cause green stools include:\nchlorophyll\n\niron supplements\n\nalgae"\n\n\nHope this helps!
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could be any of multiple things: crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, H pylori infection. the mucus in the stool could suggest colon cancer (scary) or bowel obstruction (also scary). you really need to have this checked out, possibly including a colonoscopy.