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Black bm

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cheeseandjam · 09/06/2014 17:02

Ds passed a black bm today. He started a multi vitamin with iron 2 days ago. It has 25% of rda of iron. Would this make a stool turn black so quickly. Should I be worried? He has been run down which is why I bought the vitamin the first place.

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Eastpoint · 09/06/2014 17:03

Has he eaten any blueberries?

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cheeseandjam · 09/06/2014 17:10

No cant think of anything apart from chocolate cake?

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cheeseandjam · 09/06/2014 17:14

Oh and lots of portobello mushrooms?

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Eastpoint · 09/06/2014 18:53

Maybe the mushrooms as their gills are black.

Iloveonionchutney · 09/06/2014 18:54

I've never been able to take iron tablets as they make me constipated and the stool goes black as quickly as that so I would say the iron definitely.

InSpaceNooneCanHearYouScream · 10/06/2014 10:00

It could well be the iron but I would still take him to GP.

Jinty64 · 10/06/2014 21:22

It's the iron.

BarbarianMum · 11/06/2014 16:03

Iron. This is very common.

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