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What Causes Black Colored Stools In A 5 Year Old?
Hi! This morning my 5 year old daughter passed a dark gray/black stool and quite loose. She has been complaining of stomach pains for at least 5 months. She has had investigations from the doctor urine, stool, and bloods. With nothing nasty coming back. She has had worms about 6 months ago. Constantly sore down below and a sore bum too. Any advice would be great!
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
hi madam , dark black stool may suggest an upper gastrointestinal bleeding in which we must find the cause , since she is having an abdominal pain for that long I highly recommend doing upper endoscopy in which the doctor put a scope to see what part has the lesion , at this age peptic ulcer disease is unlikely but it must be excluded.
some times the lesion lies in the lower gastrointestinal tract in which lower endoscopy is needed .
I hope this is helpful
some times the lesion lies in the lower gastrointestinal tract in which lower endoscopy is needed .
I hope this is helpful
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