Poop is black. What's going on?

Diarrhea is black may be caused by food intake, gastrointestinal bleeding, drug side effects and other reasons.

1, food intake

often intake foods containing melanin, such as black bell pepper, seaweed or black fungus, will cause the stool color to appear black.

2, gastrointestinal bleeding occurs in the digestive tract bleeding

, blood will be digested into dark red or black substances after the action of gastric acid and pancreatic juice, mixed in the stool during excretion, resulting in black stool.

3, drug side effects

Under the guidance of a doctor, iron preparations, bismuth agents and antibiotics, there may be drug side effects, will promote the stool color to appear black. It is

recommended that people with black stool, to the hospital for systematic examination, to investigate the cause, if caused by disease factors, need to actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment.