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Can Drinking Lot Of Red Wine Cause Black Stools?
ive suffered some family trauma and although im not usually a big drinker almost teetotal,in the last 3 months ive been drinking heavily every day excessive amounts,the last week or 2 ive been drinking alot of red wine,could that be the reason my stools are very black or could it be something more serious?
Mon, 2 Jun 2014
Drinking is known to lead to gastric irritation which may lead to small amount of bleeding. This bleeding leads to blackening of stools.
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