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Can red wine cause stools to be dark?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Reviewed several: Sites that indicate that red wine can cause dark stools. If stool is black, tarry and malodorous please have that checked asap as it could be related to GI bleeding.

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Answered 4/21/2021

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