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The color of bowel movements is sometimes a warning
The bowel movements of babies can provide important clues about possible diseases. Parents should pay close attention to the color of the chair when diapering. Discoloration is often harmless, but sometimes an important warning signal. This is what the doctors of the Professional Association of Pediatricians (BVKJ) draw your attention to.
Yellow to black: Excretions from infants have very different colors - depending on their age and diet. Stains are mostly harmless, but some are also a warning signal.
Even if it takes a little effort, parents should look very carefully at the color of their infants' stools. Because it provides information about the child's health. This is indicated by the professional association of pediatricians (BVKJ). For the first week, the normal color of the feces of newborns is black.
Yellow is normal - and green too
Then the chair lightens to yellow or dark yellow. This is the normal color of a breastfeeding baby's chair. Infants who are not breastfed have a slightly darker stool than those who have breast milk. From time to time, the excretions of infants can also be greenish. According to the information, this happens when the baby eats more than usual or the mother eats green food.
Caution with red bowel movements!
A red chair, on the other hand, is a bad sign. For example, blood from the child's digestive tract can turn the feces red. It is also possible that the baby has swallowed small amounts of blood from the mother's nipple. Warning: bleeding can also cause the stool to become so dark that it appears black.
Indications of inflammation of the liver
Colorless or clay-colored stool, together with dark colored urine, is a warning sign of inflammation of the liver or jaundice. Deficiency of bile can also lead to discoloration. Parents should then go to the doctor with their child.
Don't always suspect a bad illness
But they do not have to panic: diarrhea medication, for example, can also change the color of the excretions. As soon as the children eat solid food, coloring can also result from food (www.kinderaerzte-im-netz.de). (sb; source: dpa / www.kinderaerzte-im-netz.de)
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