What is the matter with black stool in children

Children's stool blackening may be related to physiological factors, drug factors, disease factors, etc.

1, physiological factors

Children recently eat a large number of pig liver, duck liver, pig blood, duck blood and other iron-rich foods, incomplete digestion of iron after intestinal oxidation will form iron sulfide, this substance is black, mixed in the stool can cause stool blackening.

2, drug factors

Children's recent use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, hormone drugs, antibiotics, etc., may lead to gastric mucosal damage, causing gastrointestinal bleeding, causing stool blackening.

3, disease factors

If the child has gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases, can lead to upper digestive bleeding, iron ions in the blood and sulfide in the intestinal tract form iron sulfide, causing stool blackening.