Black Stool Poop & bathroom related issues.
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Black Stool - Dark Stool

Be sure to consult your doctor if you are experiencing black or dark colored stools. The more common causes for black stool, black poop, and black feces are:

Diet

  • Look to the diet. Consume a lot of high iron cereals, leafy vegetables, red meat / beef, cashews, almonds, beans, liver, walnuts, clams, salmon, rasins, shrimp, tofu, or spinach? Excessive iron as a part of one's diet can lead to the excretion of black stool. Just because an individual has eaten a lot of foods with iron doesn't mean that it's safe to rule out the possibility of a physiological problem.

    Physiological

  • People excreting black stool may be experiencing internal bleeding in the digestive system. It is advised that individuals experiencing black stools when they use the bathroom contact their licensed medical physician to get diagnosed and tested.
  • Other phsyiological causes can be incurred by high blood pressure or excessive alcohol consumption.
  • Constipation