Dark brown vomit normal?

[lyssie29]

I've had a bit of a bug and I've thrown up a few times i felt better until bedtime and had to run to bathroom to vomit. It was dark brown. I had eaten a couple of chips a bit earlier. Is this normal?

No, dark brown is not normal.

Wouldn’t say it is , but I am not a doctor... perhaps call 111 for advise?

www.nhs.uk/conditions/vomiting-blood/

My friend had this when she burst a stomach ulcer.

Usually indicates internal bleeding I think.

Call 111. Sounds like blood.

Yes 111. Hope all ok.

Dark brown is usually bloody stuff. Call 111 could just be you have nothing else to bring up but please call

You need medical advice

Unless you had an entire bottle of HP sauce with your chips, you probably need to call 111. Hope you’re ok.

How are you now op? I'd definitely suggest speaking to a medical professional.

Dark brown is what we call ‘coffee grounds vomit’ and it is old blood.

Hope you are ok, Iyssie29! Did you drank any Coffee or Diet Coke? Hope you got some medical advice.

Thanks everyone. I feel absolutely fine today but I'm going to phone doctor asap in the morning to get an appointment to get it checked out. I haven't been sick again since and have no pain or anything but I'm going to get it checked out just incase.

That’s good!

Check with doctor if you're concerned, but we've just had a 24 hour bug in this house and every one of us started with thick brown vomit. Like dark brown porridge (sorry). It gradually turned more watery and then tapered off and just left us exhausted. I've put it down to noro. Did you taste blood/metal?

Glad you feel better

@eandz13 yeah it was a weird taste my stomach was pretty empty so maybe it was just because of that. Apart from a few aches today I feel totally fine and don't feel sick at all. It's just I had never noticed it that colour before but it sounds exactly like you describe so hopefully it's just from the bug.

Son throwing up violently turned black the brown now a greenish brown and getting less