Dark brown or black stool( not sure)

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Asked for Male, 31 Years

Hi doctor, I am on medicines of antibiotics , antacids and probiotics for my stomach IBS ( provisional diagnosed). Now, after 5 days of Medicine, i am seeing hard stool which is dark brown . I pick small pieces of stool in hand and checked. It was dark brown. I have black chickpea yesterday along with ladies finger I only face gastric issue in lower Abdominal. I am attaching today stool pic. It is hard and pebble Could this be blood or due to food i have taken ?? Please guide. I did my ultrasound 2 weeks back along with CBC last month. All parameters were normal.

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Dr. Jatin Agrawal Gastroenterologist 10 yrs exp Vadodara · Accepted Answer

Dr. Jatin Agrawal

Gastroenterologist 10 yrs exp Vadodara

Hi. This is not blood so be assure

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