ive been doing pretty good with the health anxiety late but this has alarmed me. so yesterday and today twice when I went to the bathroom, my stool appeared really dark. like dark dark dark brown. I googled, read something about black stool being a sign gi tract bleeding. when i wiped however, It looked sort of mossy brown green. I took a flash light to look at it in the toilet bowl and it also appeared dark brown almost green sort of. only think I could think of is that u had a very very very small amount of broccoli yesterday and this morning. I'm tripping out a bit wondering if I may have a bleeding or worse. can anyone help me?. thank you.
if it is reoccurring for a week or so, check it out. Other than that with no stomach or odd pains. I wouldnt really worry. Probably just the foods you ate.
Hi! I’m no doctor but i do know a thing or two. Bloody stool that should worry you would be BLACK or your toilet paper would have blood on it when you wiped. Even then, sometimes you get a hernia just by pushing your stool out really hard. Any change in your diet may cause different colored stool or constipation could cause a darker color
You do not say how old you are but after 50, like me, 65 in fact tho it hurts to say it, you can think of doing a “poo” test. The Australian govt sends free kits out after age 50. But you can buy them from chemists/pharmacies.
I just did one, 2 separate samples of poo sent off, came back negative. They check for invisible blood in your poo. You do a little scrape with thing like cotton bud then put in container, do 2nd one after next movement then post off.
It sounds gross but isnt. Dont be embarrassed to talk to yr doctor!
Dave
thank you. im 25. im from a caribbean country and we dont get those kits sadly. our doctors dont really take us seriously. but i can try.
its been 3 days today.
thank you. ive had three days of bowel movement and each day the texture was different. im not sure but i think this morning was lighter. still very dark tho. its not black when i wipe. its sort of green brownish?. but i ts not black and no blood when i wipe.