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A member asked:
I have regular constipation and often have tiny dark flecks in my stool could this be blood?
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No: Dark flecks are not usually blood. More likely some red vegetable, dye or other consumable food product. You can always get the stool tested for blood by using an occult blood stool testing kit. A lot of physician offices have these as in office diagnostics.
Answered 3/6/2018
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