dark stool advice plz - Digestive Disorders Message Board

abaddon_bast · 10-15-2003, 06:19 PM

I been haveing black stool on a off for the past year or 2 . and some time i have a slight pain near my navel i did some reacure and i hear this might be a stomach ulcre. would this be occect or is it something i should relly be worried about i'm 18 years old male. i have a doc app on monday i just need help and advice to help me live thur the weekend wiht out panking my self today. the blood is stool happends about 2 times a week tops. most of the time is regualir stool that comes out and it also very hard some times and also some timesi have direarea alot to is swiches back and forth.

abaddon_bast · 10-15-2003, 06:21 PM

oh yea what would some other casue other then bloody in the stool for it to be black i drink alot of coffee and have at lest 2 sodas a day and east on adverage about 4 sevin of meat a day some time lesst some time more when i got out to eat. oh yea some times the stool is not totaly black but about half of it is

here a example of my dalay diet

waffe in the morning or eggs or french toast with coffe for breakfast

a chicken sadwich for lunch or a banquit meat noramly chicken nugget or something simmplar or chicken fried rice and a sode to drink

and for dinner the same as for lunch

on days i go to work i have a can of chief boyrade and firies or onion rings and about 4 glasses of sweet tea

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actudan · 10-15-2003, 08:08 PM

Not really sure what foods can turn your stool black but a lot of what you eat causes your stool to be it's color. Black stool is something to keep an eye on because that can mean blood (and usually means bleeding higer up in your gi tract). Also, blood in your stool will often cause the stool to be tarry. And blood also acts as a laxative and cause you to go frequently. I do know that peptobismol can turn your stool black (the company should list it on the label). Good luck!

actudan · 10-15-2003, 08:11 PM

I wanted to say a few more things. I mentioned peptobismol can turn your stool black and it's because it contanis bismuth subsalicylate. Also iron tablets can make the stool black, and eating lots of beets may turn the stool red. Some food colorings also can change the color of your stool. Eating foods with black or dark blue food coloring can turn your stool black.

abaddon_bast · 10-16-2003, 11:09 AM

i use the restoom for pooping about one every day maybe evey othereday at best i eat alot of food with iron in it i love eating chicken alot to. it noramly no tarry unless i have dirra then it gose away very quickly and when i have dirariea it very acdic