Black poop in children may be caused by gastrointestinal bleeding, constipation, and food.
1. Gastrointestinal bleeding: If a child has upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to gastric ulcer or intestinal inflammation, it will lead to black poop. In addition to black stool, it may be accompanied by other digestive symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and so on.
2. Constipation: If a child is constipated for a long period of time, the feces will accumulate in the rectum for a long time, resulting in excessive reabsorption of water in the feces, leading to black feces.
3. Food: If a child eats a lot of iron-rich foods in a short period of time, such as spinach, animal blood products or animal offal, it can lead to dark stools. The use of iron supplements can also lead to dark stools. This is normal, and the black color of the stool will disappear after 1-2 days of stopping further consumption.
Children with black feces, there may also be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.