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    Stool Test - Occult Blood accuracy

    Hi Ali, thanks for note. I' don't eat anything like blueberries... Not too sure what it is which is why I was wondering about the accuracy of those occult blood tests. Dr said it could just be undigested food... But who knows...
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    Stool Test - Occult Blood accuracy

    Thanks for the note. Yeah, I'm not really in too much discomfort really, it's basically just the heart burn and flakes in the stool. Other than that I feel ok. I figure if it's been like this for 8 years, it could wait a lil longer. It's just expensive to see these doctors and then potentially...
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    Stool Test - Occult Blood accuracy

    Hi Kayleigh, thanks for the help. I didn't have any diet restrictions when I did the exam. So I'm not sure. Either way, I don't really drink very much vitamin C because it's pretty acidic which causes me heartburn. I'll probably just leave it be, all these doctor visits over these flakes is...
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    Stool Test - Occult Blood accuracy

    Hi Everybody, I made a post a few days ago regarding symptoms i've been having for the last 8 years, stomach issues like heart burn and deep belching after I eat along with loose stools. I'm getting more worried, I had a stool test done a few months back because I was seeing black flakes in my...
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    Need your advice- please.

    Thanks for the advice. From what I've been reading vegetables can cause blackness from the iron. Do you think I should avoid vegetables and stick to just like carbs and chicken? Or is that overdoing things?
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    Need your advice- please.

    I understand. I appreciate the perspective, I'll definitely be looking further into it. Being that it's been eight years, how bad do you things are once I get checked out?
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    Need your advice- please.

    Hi guys, thank you for the responses, I really appreciate your guys' help. I showed him a picture of the red flake and he said it looked like tomato skin... But it happens pretty frequently so I don't think so, and then where are the black flakes from? I also get like random skin rashes, I don't...
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    Need your advice- please.

    Hi Guys, I appreciate you taking the time to read this and for any advice you can give me. I need your expert advice. I feel like I've been having symptoms of what I think is crohns disease for the past 8 years. I went to a couple gastroenterologists over the past few months, had my blood...
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