Eating chocolate does not cause black stools. Black stools are mainly seen in upper gastrointestinal bleeding, more common in peptic ulcer or acute erosive hemorrhagic gastritis, and bleeding caused by gastric cancer. Some special drugs can also cause black stools, such as iron, bismuth, if you eat animal blood will also appear black stools. If you have black stools after eating chocolate, it is advisable to go to the hospital for safety reasons and cooperate with the doctor to check the stool routine plus occult blood test to help clearly rule out the presence of gastrointestinal bleeding, and if necessary, cooperate with the doctor to check the electronic gastroscopy. If the presence of gastrointestinal bleeding is confirmed, active treatment with the doctor is required.
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