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I poop black but i dont have melena i got check what else can be the reason?

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

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Iron: iron, or multivitamins, or spinach or some other dark content.

Answered 3/22/2015

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I took 40mg Iron yesterday, and ate blueberries.My stool is black, but no bad odor at all. Melena or non-melena? Thank u

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Can GI bleed turn only half the stool black... When melena enters toilet water does it turn the water red or black...Can melena be solid?

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Can you list the different possible reasons for months of LLQ abdominal pain, sometimes in groin or left side back. Small amount of melena in stool. Pain is constant, burning or pressure in changing areas of left abdomen. 33yr male?

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