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What Causes Black Stool When Diagnosed With Liver Cirrhosis?
Recently my father went through band ligation evl endoscopic procedure to stop variceal bleeding due to liver cirrhosis.My father is non-alcoholic.However after 10 days from his return from hospital,he paased black stool after being normal for that many days.What to expect?
Wed, 30 Jan 2019
Hello,
Cannot say in your particular case AND black stool implies bleeding anywhere in the GI tract. There's rather a lot of ways cirrhosis can lead to GI bleeding and all of the possibilities are bad.
There is a loss of proteins in the blood to stop bleeding, there is the development of varices.
There is stress ulcers just from surgery and probably other causes, and bleeding in cirrhosis is an immediate emergency that needs immediate treatment.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Matt Wachsman, Addiction Medicine Specialist
Cannot say in your particular case AND black stool implies bleeding anywhere in the GI tract. There's rather a lot of ways cirrhosis can lead to GI bleeding and all of the possibilities are bad.
There is a loss of proteins in the blood to stop bleeding, there is the development of varices.
There is stress ulcers just from surgery and probably other causes, and bleeding in cirrhosis is an immediate emergency that needs immediate treatment.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Matt Wachsman, Addiction Medicine Specialist
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