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Question: hello, I have diarrhea that is water and is black. what does this mean?
Brief Answer:
Infection- black stool means bleeding in the GI tract.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query, albeit short and specific.
Noted your history of diarrhea that is water and is black.
This means the following:
One of the commonest reasons of watery diarrhea is an infection.
More ominous is black color.
Commonest reasons is a bleed in the intestinal tract, usually in the upper GI up to proximal half of large bowel.
Hence I would advise you the following:
First of all to attend the ER or Hospital.
Investigations of blood, urine and stool in particular.
Upper GI Endoscopy and colonoscopy to watch for the course of the bleeding.
Appropriate treatment as per the clinical evaluation and reports of the investigations.
I hope this answers your query, please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you need to or if you feel that there is a gap of communication.
Infection- black stool means bleeding in the GI tract.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query, albeit short and specific.
Noted your history of diarrhea that is water and is black.
This means the following:
One of the commonest reasons of watery diarrhea is an infection.
More ominous is black color.
Commonest reasons is a bleed in the intestinal tract, usually in the upper GI up to proximal half of large bowel.
Hence I would advise you the following:
First of all to attend the ER or Hospital.
Investigations of blood, urine and stool in particular.
Upper GI Endoscopy and colonoscopy to watch for the course of the bleeding.
Appropriate treatment as per the clinical evaluation and reports of the investigations.
I hope this answers your query, please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you need to or if you feel that there is a gap of communication.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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