Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
Hey everyone. This may sound gross and I apologize for it, but has anyone ever had blood in their stool caused by taking warfarin. If so, what does it look like. I was told that your stool would be black, but I don't know if this is true. I've done a little research and from what I gather, the color of the blood in your stool determines where in your bowels it came from. I'm just concerned because for the past day there have been little..and I mean little, specs of black and of course the anxiety flared. Its the weekend, so short of an er trip, I feel like I have to wait till tomorrow to call my doctor. Any thoughts?
The articles that talk about blood in the stool (red---- not much to worry about and usually a hemorrhoid causes it--- black---- it's usually described as black and tarry and is 'old blood' and a matter for concern.)
You used the words 'little' and 'speck' so I'm going to give a guess that it might be some food passed through undigested. Coarse ground black pepper? Black sesame seeds? Bits of spinach, which can look black? Other foods or spices?
Having said that----- remember those are just my guesses.
If you can stand more grossness and if you're really worried---- try to save the 'specimen' to take in to the ER.