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Diarrhea, Black Thread In Stools. Worms?

my child is having diarrhea for 2 days & i hav seen black thread like thing in his stools but those were not moving.can it be worms or something else? my child is 6 mth old
Wed, 31 Jul 2013
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hi,
since your child is having diarrhea his digestive ability for that time will also be hampered, may be it is some undigested food matter. otherwise there is no other reason you will find black colored thing. worms generally will be very small.


wishing him good health
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Diarrhea, Black Thread In Stools. Worms?

hi, since your child is having diarrhea his digestive ability for that time will also be hampered, may be it is some undigested food matter. otherwise there is no other reason you will find black colored thing. worms generally will be very small. wishing him good health