Children with black stools may be caused by physiological factors such as taking iron supplements, or by other conditions such as gastroduodenal ulcer hemorrhage, esophagogastric fundus varices, and gastric sinus cancer.
1. Physiological factors: when children take iron supplements such as ferrous sulfate and ferrous succinate may lead to black stool color. In addition, when patients eat mulberry, black rice, blood products and other foods, they may also have black stools. These are normal physiological phenomena, usually in the suspension of drugs or adjust the diet after the symptoms will feel.
2. Gastroduodenal ulcer hemorrhage: Gastroduodenal ulcer hemorrhage may be caused by stomach or duodenal ulcer. The patient will appear vomiting blood, black stools and other manifestations, if the patient bleeding is relatively large, there will be dizziness, panic, weakness and other manifestations of shock. Therefore, children with gastroduodenal ulcer hemorrhage will have the symptom of black stool.
3. Esophagogastric fundal varices: Rupture of esophagogastric fundal varices may be caused by liver cirrhosis, portal vein thrombosis and other diseases. Patients may have black stools and vomit blood. If a child develops esophagogastric varices, he or she will have black stools.
4. Other: children with black stools are also considered to be caused by gastric sinus cancer, acute erosive gastritis and other diseases.
There may be other reasons for children to have black stools, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or treatment under the guidance of the doctor.