Black stool may be caused by dietary and medication factors, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer, etc. It can be solved by adjusting the diet, applying acid-suppressing drugs, gastric mucous membrane protector, surgery and radiotherapy according to its cause.
Dietary and medication factors: if caused by eating black food, animal blood products, iron, bismuth, etc., stop eating these foods and medications and the stools will return to normal and no treatment is required.
2. Peptic ulcer: including gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, black stool can be treated with acid-suppressing drugs, such as omeprazole, esoprazole, etc., and gastric mucous membrane protectants, such as colloidal bismuth pectin, aluminum sulfate, etc., to promote the repair of gastric mucous membrane and healing.
3. Gastric cancer: For black stool caused by gastric cancer, according to the stage and type of gastric cancer, gastric resection can be performed, and then chemotherapy drugs such as fluorouracil and fluorouracil can be given.
If the stool is black, it is recommended to consult doctor in time to find out the cause of the disease and follow the doctor’s prescription for treatment.