sorry for having to ask but....what colour is your poo???

[belcantavinissima]

feel free to name change!
i only ask as mine has been black for several days, and last night after a stupid amount to drink i threw up (nice) and that was black too! uggh!
tell me thats normal

sory for providing tmi btw

[NutterlybloodandgUts]

Black poo is often caused by blood I'm afraid

[lomond]

Iron tablets cause this too, are you on any?

[lomond]

What were you drinking?

[Boredveryverybored]

don't know about the poo, but having gotton slightly hysterical after throwing up and it looking black I have to ask were you drinking red wine? This appeared to be the cause of my 'oh my god I'm dying' episode much to the dr's amusement

[belcantavinissima]

lol! no i was drinking white wine (which was obv dodgy hence me being sick ) and gin (though not in the same glass!
i remember ds2 had luminous green poo once and i thought he had some hideous disease then i worked out it was the food colouring in the cake icing. gave the surgery receptionists something to laugh about anyway!
sorry, i digress, no i'm not on any tablets.

[GoneFishing]

Black poo can be caused by blood and should definitely be investigated.. I went to my GP with it once and they called an ambulance to the surgery and made me go to hospital!!

[PutThatInYourPipeandSmokeIt]

Just to rule it out - have you been eating any beetroot???

[belcantavinissima]

potthatinyoupipeandsmokeit (great name by the way)- no i havent eaten anything of a strange colour.

gonfishing- what did it turn out to be? and what did they do to you at hospital?

[belcantavinissima]

oh god i have just had a thought- could i have caused myself some damage by taking too many migraine tablets? i have had a migraine or sometimes 2 almost daily now for about 3 or 4 weeks so have been going through packs of migraleve like theres no tomorrow (though rarely more than the stated dose)

[LongMeg]

Exceeding the stated dose of pain killers can lead to bleeding from the stomach, which would make your poo black. Ring your emergency GP NOW.