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My stool colour look like chocolate. but not really dark. is this stomach bleeding?
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Black is blood.: Blood from an upper GI source, such as gastritis or an ulcer, would make the stool literally look black, like tar more than chocolate. This could simply be a effect of diet - perhaps something you ate yesterday or the day before. If the stool is truly black, or becomes black, that could very well be blood.
Answered 12/29/2015
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