Black stools like sludge can be caused by physiological and pathological reasons, such as digestive tract diseases, drug effects and food factors.
1. Physiological reasons: when consuming too much blood, liver and other foods at one time, these foods are rich in iron, which can produce ferrous sulfide in the intestinal tract, which can lead to black stools like sludge.
2. Pathologic causes:
(1) Gastric ulcer: patients with gastric ulcer can produce ferrous sulfide by oxidizing blood in the intestine due to bleeding from the ulcer site, which leads to the phenomenon of black stools like sludge.
(2) Gastric cancer: bleeding may be caused by cancer invading blood vessels, which may also lead to the phenomenon of black stools like sludge.
(3) Influence of medication: taking iron supplements, etc., which oxidize to form ferrous sulfide in the intestines, thus causing black stools like sludge.
There are many other causes of black stools like sludge, it is recommended that patients go to a regular hospital, consult a professional doctor, cooperate with the doctor to complete the relevant examinations, to clarify the causes, and actively deal with it.