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I've been taking iron pills for 3 weeks now & my bowel movements come out black/a very dark brown. is that normal?
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Does your stool get darker if you don't have a bowel movement for 2_3 days. Not black but reg and dark brown together?
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If I have a normal brown bowel movement in the morning and then its black in the afternoon and then brown again at night....should I be worried?
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Three days now when i go to eat after three bites it feels like i ate a whole meal. Some cramping normal bowel movements, but can't eat. Scared!
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My 1 year old son has been constipated but he just had a bowel movement today . It was really hard brown at first and then black . Now vomiting?
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