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What Causes Black Specks In Stool Post Antibiotic Treatment?
My 5 month old son about 2 weeks ago had Bronchitis he was placed on albuterol breathing treatments for a week. His doctor said he had improved and stopped the treatments about 5 days ago. I just changed his diaper in which he had a bm and the stool had black specks all thru out. I have never seen this so I have no clue what it could be or if maybe it was related to his illness.
Mon, 1 Jun 2015
Hi...it is not related to his Bronchitis or his treatment for it. I feel it could be undigested food particles mostly organic. Nothing worry about it. Unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. The most important thing is the activity of the kid. If this is normal, nothing to worry about it.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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