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Taking Probiotics For Gas And Bloating In Abdomen With Change In Color Of Stool. Are They Symptoms Of IBS?

I have started taking probiotics for 2 weeks now, because i passed gas and bloating all the time and a discomfort in my right abdomen, sometime lower and sometimes upper. At first i suspected gallbladder stones but i get lower abdomen discomfort too. (not painful just discomfort). Then i get green stool, sometimes a mixed of really dark brown and light brown, sometimes it's just dark brown, one day it was pale, the other day it was orangy. Now after 2 weeks of taking probiotics i noticed it's loose dark stool almost black, with a shade of very dark green. Should i be concerned now and have it checked? Does changed in stool color and consistency symptom of IBS? I heard IBS have abdominal pain cramps, i dont get one.
Mon, 6 Jan 2014
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hi, it could be inflammatory bowel disease.having black colored stools is not a normal phenomenon unless if you are on oral iron supplementation.check with your gastroenterologist. hope this is help full
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Taking Probiotics For Gas And Bloating In Abdomen With Change In Color Of Stool. Are They Symptoms Of IBS?

hi, it could be inflammatory bowel disease.having black colored stools is not a normal phenomenon unless if you are on oral iron supplementation.check with your gastroenterologist. hope this is help full