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I have black poo what could be causing this? please help
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Diet/Blood: The biggest concern would be digested blood in the stool. This causes the stool to become black and tarry. Do you have any stomach issues? Do you use a lot of ibuprofen? Diet can also be the cause if there have been changes. Go and see you doc to get checked out.
Answered 3/4/2013
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