What to do if your one-year-old baby has black stools

One year old baby's stool is black. This happens to many babies. The baby's ability to express is relatively fragile, and parents can only observe the baby's stool color. Observing the baby's stool color is a better method. We can analyze a series of changes in the baby's digestive esophagus. Let's find out what to do if a one-year-old baby has black stool?

1. If you have eaten a lot of animal liver and blood, such as cow blood, pig blood, pig liver, etc. the day before, the black stool is related to these foods, so don't pay attention to it.

2. Continuously taking some medications will also have a certain impact on the color of stool. Common ones include ferrous sulfate, potassium bismuth citrate, etc. As long as you stop taking the medicine for a period of time, the color of your stool will return to normal.

3. If the color of the stool is like tar, not only black but also shiny, this indicates pathological black stool, which is mostly caused by upper gastrointestinal bleeding. You should go to the hospital immediately for a gastroscopy to confirm the diagnosis.

4. Once upper gastrointestinal bleeding is confirmed, pay close attention to the patient's vital signs, including blood pressure, respiration, heart rate, etc., and take corresponding measures at any time to prevent shock caused by large amounts of bleeding.

5. Use drugs to stop bleeding or use a three-chamber two-balloon catheter to stop bleeding. At the same time, actively prepare blood sources to replenish blood volume for the patient.

6. If the amount of bleeding is heavy and conservative treatment is ineffective, surgery should be performed immediately to save the patient's life.

The above is the solution to the black stool of a 1-year-old baby. In addition to eating black food, bleeding from internal organs is the main cause of black stools in one-year-old babies, so parents should not ignore some small details in life and cause more serious consequences.