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What Is Causing Black Poop?

Hello,

i have a question. I ate day before yesterday some black raspberry, cherry and strawberry. And later i had a black poop. Tadoy i have still the same. Yeah well, not so black as that day. Is that from what i ate or is that something bad?
Thank you
Mon, 5 May 2014
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Hi.
Black poop has to be investigated by a simple test called stool - for occult blood.

The high iron contents of what you ate also causes black poop.
See daily for a few days, stop these fruits and green leafy vegetable and meat/ fish for a few days.

Recheck stool- occult blood.
If normal -no worries.

if still present, consult Gastroenterologist and undergo upper GI endoscopy and Colonoscopy to see bleeding lesions.


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What Is Causing Black Poop?

Hi. Black poop has to be investigated by a simple test called stool - for occult blood. The high iron contents of what you ate also causes black poop. See daily for a few days, stop these fruits and green leafy vegetable and meat/ fish for a few days. Recheck stool- occult blood. If normal -no worries. if still present, consult Gastroenterologist and undergo upper GI endoscopy and Colonoscopy to see bleeding lesions.