What causes black stool color and how to treat it?

The reasons for black stool color include physiological factors, drug reactions, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, etc. 1, physiological factors: when eating a large number of animal blood products, such as pig blood, duck blood, cow blood or sheep blood, because it is rich in iron, after digestion and absorption of the digestive tract, it will lead to black stool color. And eating a lot of food containing black pigment, will also lead to black stools. 2, drug reactions: recent use of iron, such as ferrous sulfate, ferrous succinate; there are bismuth agents or some traditional Chinese medicine, etc., may also lead to black stool color. 3, upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Upper digestive tract bleeding is mainly related to peptic ulcer, acute erosive gastritis, esophageal and gastric varices rupture or gastric cancer, etc., which can occur in different degrees of bleeding, manifested as hematemesis and black stool. Black stool color can be treated and treated according to specific causes, including physiological factors, drug reactions, upper digestive tract bleeding, etc. 1. Physiological factors: Usually do not need special treatment, can actively adjust the diet structure, to ensure balanced nutrition, general stool color will gradually return to normal.2, drug reaction: if it is caused by taking drugs, do not need treatment, generally less impact on the body, do not need to stop temporarily, but should be distinguished from gastrointestinal bleeding. 3, upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Patients can use thrombin, acid inhibitors, pituitrin and somatostatin and other drug treatment, there is hemostatic effect; if the amount of bleeding is larger, you can choose surgery.