I have had stomach pain and watery stools
for a week,everytime I eat.Now today my
stool is soft but black in color.What
could be wrong?
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TBECK12
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 62 Location: MICHIGAN
Colon Cancer Posted: 01-12-04 10:01am
Did you take any pepto bismol while you
felt ill that will cause black stool?
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uridea
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Seoul
Re: Black Stool Posted: 01-12-04 10:29am
Black stool usually implies that there is
bleeding in your stomach or intestine.
Black color appears because hematin is
produced when blood meets acid in
intestine. One black stool needs
bleeding of more than 60ml.
Sometimes bismuth or medicines containing
iron can make your stool black, but black
stool does not imply that there is
bleeding in your stomach or intestine in
this case.
If you have not taken such agents
recently, you should see a doctor on the
assumption that there is bleeding. A
probable diagnosis of your symptom is
peptic ulcer or duodenal ulcer.
In diagnostic approach, the most proper
procedure(s) will be chosen among the
following: occlut blood test,
egd(esophagogastroduodenoscopy),
angiography, radioisotope rbc scan,
colonoscopy
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insurancegirl
Especially EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Posts: 5286
Posted: 01-12-04 12:14pm
It is a possibility that this is a sign of
hiv/aids. We learned this in highschool
on a project we did on homosexuals. I
would get tested if I were you.
Jennifer
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uridea
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Seoul
Hiv/aids? No... Posted: 01-12-04 17:48pm
These have not so much correlation with
black stool.
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insurancegirl
Especially EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Posts: 5286
Yes... Posted: 01-13-04 12:06pm
My mother was told to look for this when
she was afraid that she might have had
aids. So don't tell me it has nothing to
do with it!
Jennifer
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jplundeen
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 25 Location: usa
Black Stool Posted: 01-13-04 13:34pm
Have you been to a doc.?
I have had experiance with this~although I
was32 weeks pregnant.
I had terrible stomach pains and 1st began
throwing up blood this was a sunday I
called my doc and when in the er and went
black stools totally black!!
I was freaking along with my husband~they
then found me to be in labor
over 6wks early.I was seen by a surgeon I
was still throwing up blood and having
black stools he told me it was my gall
bladder and I was gonna have to have
surgery to have it out!! My contractios
were less than 5 min. Apart they put me
in an ambulance headed for a bigger
hospital they got the labor to slow down~
but by tuesday I was in and out of
conscienceness and really didn't know what
was happening wend. 4am I had to have
emergancy blood transfussions and had our
baby 9:30 that morning!!! I had a
colonoscapy,throat scope while still
pregnant and they found nothing to
detrmine where I was loosing all the blood
from~ after delivery they took me to have
emergancy surgery to figure out where it
as coming from~ they found a tiny tear on
my stomach!!!!!!!!!!! So they asume
that's where
i was bleeding from and after delivery the
bleeding totally stopped!!!!!!!
And I have been fine that was over 3 years
ago~
so it does worry me about black stools and
yes other stuff can do that to you
have you talked to a nurse or doc? I
hope you have and iam sure you will be
okay.But I don't think it's nothing to
wait to long especially if you haven't
been taking any meds that could cause a
black reaction.
Will be thinking of you~how old are you?
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Floridaman
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 May 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Florida
Black Stool Posted: 05-14-04 08:14am
Jennifer:
are you an expert in hiv/aids??? Why
would you suggest to someone that they
test for hiv because of black stool. I
guess based on your response that everyone
with black stools should test for hiv!
You have someone that is concerned about a
possible colon problem then you tell them
to test for hiv. A doctor is the only
person who can diagnose symptoms! Are
you a doctor??? Your post was totally
unnecessary and quite frankly people like
you that post these kinds of messages
should be banned from this forum!
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cherry_pie
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 599
Posted: 05-14-04 11:19am
Well I don't know what you read, but from
what I read she was just suggesting that
they might wanna get that checked out..
Because of what shes learned and had
experience with a family member with this
sort of thing. This person posted under
colon cancer because he/she doesn't know
what he/she has.. Therefore that would be
why they asked the question. Last time I
checked this was a forum to ask questions
and recieve answers. And this is exactly
whats happened here. People who tend to
critisize and harass people about what
they think they should and should not tell
people are in my opinion the ones that
should be banned from here.
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Khalis
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Apr 2006 Posts: 21
Black Stools And Aids ? Posted: 05-01-06 09:25am
Black stools have nothing to do with aids.
Uridea is absolutely right. However,
aids may present with many symptoms
depending on the disease the patient is
having. This also include black stools.
Do a blood test to confirm for aids
