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I've had lower left abdominal pain with black coffee ground stools mixed with formed pale stools. should i go to the emergency room, or can i wait?

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Dr. William Forsythe answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Probably: Concerns are for GI bleed. Possibly due to irritable bowel, crohns, ulcerative colitis, ulcers, stomach or liver disease, etc ...need labs checked and possibly CT scan and ultimately an endoscopy(upper and lower) for complete evaluation.

Answered 12/9/2015

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