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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. ... Stools - bloody; Hematochezia; Melena; Stools - black or tarry...
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Black, tarry stools with a foul odor are called melena and can be the result of eating certain foods, taking iron supplements, or possibly from internal bleeding. ... Black, tarry stool could be benign - - but it might also be serious. ... Foods that are dark blue or black in color may also cause black stools.
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Learn the causes for green, black, tarry, yellow, white, or floating stools, and if it is cause for concern. Stool color changes may be caused by conditions or foods we eat. ... Stool Color & Texture Changes (Black, Red, Maroon, Green, Yellow, Gray, Tarry, Sticky)
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www.medicinenet.com/stool_color/article.htm
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Some medical symptoms are warnings that you need immediate care. Life-threatening symptoms include, an agonizing headache, black tarry stools, confusion, and more. ... 3. Black, tarry stools may indicate a hemorrhage from an ulcer of the stomach or the intestine. It is important to stop the bleeding and to rule out cancer as...
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Black stool: Darkening or blackness of stool. See free access online books about Black stool below. ... Why: to determine if true melena ( black tarry sticky stool with strong odor) due to gastrointestinal hemorrhage or false melena due to ingestion of certain substances. ... Abdominal Cancer - black tarry stools...
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www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/black_stool.htm
www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/black_stool.htm
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Stools come in many different shapes, sizes, colors, and textures. ... BLACK TARRY STOOL; Be worried. Iron supplements can cause black stool, but the other, more alarming cause is digested BLOOD. Blood can turn the stool black, called "MELENA". The stool may also be tarry and sticky, and may smell especially bad.
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Because of the amount of time required for red blood cells to degrade, it is much more likely that bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract will lead to black, tarry stools than bleeding in the lower regions.
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yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/tarry-stool-melena.html
yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/tarry-stool-melena.html
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HealthBoards Bulletin Board; Bowel Disorders; What causes black stools other than blood? ... Notice some black stools recently. Not of a tart like consistentency, normal texture and form. I have a home stool test kit for blood. It shows negative. ___; What else can cause this?
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or Left Belly Area, with or without Vomiting Blood, and/or Black Tarry Stools ... with or without Vomiting Blood, and/or Black Tarry Stools, in a Smoker ... and Pain in the Upper Middle or Left Belly Area and/or Black Tarry Stools...
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