Children with black stools are often associated with eating foods with high iron content, dark-colored foods and other physiological factors, as well as pathological factors such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
1. Physiological factors: if the child recently ate food with high iron content, or ate iron supplements such as drugs, usually appear to have black stools; if the child ate mulberries, blueberries and other dark-colored food may also appear to have black stools, which is a normal physiological phenomenon.
2. Pathological factors: if the child suffers from upper gastrointestinal bleeding will usually be manifested as black stools, usually accompanied by nausea, abdominal pain, fever and other symptoms.
There may be other reasons for children to have black stools, so it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to improve the examination and clarify the cause with the help of the doctor.