Pregnant, why is shit black?


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After pregnancy, black stool may be related to dietary factors, drug factors and disease factors.
1. Dietary factors
During pregnancy, a large number of iron-rich foods, such as pork liver, spinach, etc., are not fully digested and absorbed iron elements combined with sulfide in the intestinal tract, may appear black stool phenomenon.
2. Drug factors
During pregnancy, take iron supplements, such as ferrous sulfate, iron dextran, ferrous gluconate, etc., iron will be combined with sulfide in the intestinal tract, resulting in black stools.
3. Disease factors After
bleeding in the digestive tract, blood enters the intestinal tract after oxidation, mixed with feces can be black stool, but also accompanied by stomach pain, hematemesis and other symptoms.