The causes of black stool

Why the color of feces is black. Not dangerous causes

If you suddenly discovered a similar phenomenon inyourself or, say, your child, do not rush to get scared. Perhaps, the feces have acquired this color due to certain products or medicines that you used the day before. Let's see what food can color our chair in an uncharacteristic dark color:

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  apples


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  tomatoes


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  beet


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  garnet or natural pomegranate juice


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  prunes


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  black currant, blackberry, blueberry


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  bananas


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  liver


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  natural coffe


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  red wine or red grape varieties

In addition to food coloring the feces in black can some medications. These include:

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  Activated carbon


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  vitamin complexes


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  preparations containing iron


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  medicines with bismuth content

Another harmless reason why a chaircan acquire a dark color, nosebleeds are considered. The described phenomenon can be observed in the event that a person is injured by a nose and swallowed a lot of blood.

Dangerous prerequisites for the appearance of black feces

Let's look at the reasons for staining the stool black, which can seriously threaten your health.

Exacerbations may be acquired uncharacteristicallyshade in the event that a person has internal bleeding, the source of which are the organs of the digestive system: stomach, esophagus, upper intestine. As a rule, such a chair acquires a tarry consistency. Such pathological conditions are most often accompanied by pain in the abdomen, general weakness, a feeling of nausea, vomiting, a rise in body temperature, dizziness, a sharp drop in blood pressure. Such a state should not go unnoticed. A patient with internal bleeding needs urgent medical attention. However, if the bleeding from the internal organs is not too abundant, a person may not notice deterioration of well-being. If within 2-3 days there is such phenomenon as black feces, it is necessary to address in hospital for finding-out of the reasons.

To the bleeding of the digestive tract can result in such factors:

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   Traumatic injuries of the esophagus or stomach due to the impact of sharp objects: fish bones, various solids that can be caught in food.


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   Varicose veins in the esophagus.


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   Benign or malignant tumors in various organs of the digestive tract.


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   An ulcer of the stomach or upper intestine.

Black feces in pregnant women

Very often, future mothers can watch themselvesa similar phenomenon. Many immediately panic and begin to sort out all sorts of terrible diseases in their heads, but in practice everything can be much more harmless. As a rule, pregnancy is accompanied by a deficiency of various vitamins and minerals, including iron. If the planned blood test of a woman showed the presence of decreased hemoglobin, the gynecologist prescribes such a vitamin for special vitamin complexes or iron preparations. They can cause black stool.

Note that if a dark-colored chair is accompanied by various pains, weakness or general deterioration of well-being, the pregnant woman should immediately consult a doctor.

In this article, we told you why black stool can appear. We hope that the information we collect will be useful if you suddenly encounter such a problem.