Black Stool
Health Encyclopedia: Bloody Or Tarry Stools
Bloody stools often indicate an injury or disorder in the digestive tract. Your doctor may use the term "melena" to describe black, tarry, and foul-smelling stools or "hematochezia" to describe red- or maroon-colored stools.
Alternative Names
Stools - bloody; Hematochezia; Melena; Stools - black or tarry
Considerations
Blood in the stool may come from anywhere along your digestive tract, from mouth to anus. It may be present in such small a...
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Health Guide
Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
... Frequent nosebleeds in a child GI bleeding -- loss of blood in stool or dark black stool (melena) Shortness of breath The appearance of vascular lesions... Read more »Bleeding esophageal varices
...chronic liver disease or cirrhosis Low blood pressure Rapid heart rate Bloody or black stool on rectal exam Tests to determine where the bleeding is coming fromand... Read more »Bleeding esophageal varices
...veins to balloon outward. The vessels may rupture, causing vomiting of blood and bloody stools or tarry black stools. If a large volume of blood is lost, signs of shock will develop. Any cause of... Read more »EGD: esophagogastroduodenoscopy
...the health care provider: Difficulty swallowing Pain Fever Black stools Blood in vomit Read more »Angiodysplasia of the colon
...loss Calling your health care provider Call your health provider if rectal bleeding or black stools occur. Read more »
Medications
...stomach/abdominal pain dark urine yellowing of eyes/skin black stools vomit that looks... Read more »
...these rare but very serious side effects occur: black stools vomit that looks like coffee... Read more »
...joints/hands/ankles/feet an increase in muscle or bone pain black stools vomit that looks... Read more »
...immediate medical attention: coffee-ground vomit, black stools, persistent stomach/abdominal... Read more »
...tingling/numbness in the extremities easy bruising/bleeding black stools vomit that looks... Read more »
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