What causes black stool in pregnant women?

What women worry about most during pregnancy is that they are afraid that diseases will affect the fetus. However, many women will experience black stools during pregnancy, and they don’t know the reason, whether it is caused by diet or disease, and they are afraid that it will affect the growth and development of the fetus. In order to dispel the concerns of pregnant women, let’s take a look at why pregnant women have black stools.

What causes black stool in pregnant women?

1. Black stool caused by drugs: Oral activated carbon powder, iron supplements for blood tonic, bismuth preparations for treating stomach problems and certain Chinese medicines can also cause black stools.

2. Black stools caused by systemic infectious diseases: such as sepsis, typhoid fever, etc., newborns swallowing blood from the mother's birth canal or ruptured nipples, swallowing of bleeding from the nose, pharynx, and gums, etc. can all cause black stools.

3. Black stool caused by blood diseases: Neonatal hemorrhage, hemophilia, leukemia, aplastic anemia, thrombocytopenia and allergic purpura may all cause black stool.

4. Black stool caused by food: Eating certain foods can cause changes in stool color, which can sometimes be easily confused with blood in the stool. For example, after eating animal blood, or large amounts of beef or pork liver, the iron in them can form black iron sulfide in the human intestine, making the stool black; other foods such as eating large amounts of bayberry jam or mulberry jam can also cause the stool to turn black.

5. Black stool caused by digestive tract diseases: including cirrhosis combined with ruptured esophageal or gastric varicose veins, esophageal foreign bodies, ulcer disease, acute gastritis, gastric mucosal prolapse, intussusception, hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis, strangulated intestinal obstruction, Meckel's diverticulum, intestinal polyps, anal fissures, gastric cancer, etc. can all cause black and tarry stools.

The above is an introduction to why the skin of pregnant women turns black. After understanding it, we know that there are many reasons for this phenomenon. In order to ensure the healthy growth and development of the fetus in the belly, women must pay special attention to their diet and daily life during pregnancy, especially the diet must pay attention to balanced nutrition, eat more vegetables and fruits, and get enough sleep.