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A member asked:

Can blood in stool due to gastritis, etc. present as black spots in stool? or should the whole stool be black?

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

The whole stool: It's like a very dark maroon like to black. Not black speckles.

Dr Hegab and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 10/23/2017

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