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A member asked:

After i used the bathroom today there were black places on the toilet paper but not in the stool. any ideas?

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Could be: Something black that you ate. To be sure, have your stools tested for occult blood because black stools might mean bleeding from upper GI tract.

Dr Bertolucci agreed

Answered 6/10/2014

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