Sometimes, black stool can stem from harmless factors like diet or medication. However, it may also signal blood in the stool (melena) due to gastrointestinal bleeding or another potentially ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a condition wherein there’s blood in the stool or vomit. This happens due to bleeding in any part of the gastrointestinal tract that runs from your mouth to ...

A person’s poop may be black due to eating certain foods, such as licorice, taking iron supplements, or gastrointestinal bleeding. If people have blood in the stool, they may benefit from ...

A 75-year-old woman, who has since recovered, didn’t have the gastrointestinal bleeding that usually accompanies the ...

Red medicines, such as amoxicillin, may also turn your poop color red. If there is blood in your stool, the poop color depends on where the bleeding takes place in the digestive tract. Blood from the ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding in GIST patients significantly impacts recurrence-free and overall survival, with gastric bleeding linked to worse prognosis. Bleeding is less common in the small intestine, ...

Patients who suffer a GI bleed after PCI are a challenging group. They may have multiple comorbidities and are often medically unstable; treatment must balance the need to prevent ischemic post ...

The blood turns black and tarry when it's digested in your gastrointestinal tract ... But black, tarry stool is often a sign of bleeding in your digestive tract. What does unhealthy stool ...

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Introduction Failure to restart anticoagulant and antiplatelet medication appropriately after achieving haemostasis following an upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB) is associated with an increased ...