The color of your poop when you have an ulcer will be black or tarry which is called melena and is a sign of bleeding in your upper digestive tract.
Other symptoms of a bleeding ulcer are vomiting bright red or reddish brown clumps which look like coffee grounds, weakness, fainting, thirst, sweating and a decrease in blood pressure when standing up.
Blood and the passage of black tarry poop is the most common symptom of upper gastrointestinal bleeding as well as vomiting blood.
Certain foods can cause intestinal bleeding and cause blood in your poop.
Foods such as fried foods, spicy foods, Jalapeno peppers, alcohol and even caffeine can cause irritation to your digestive tract lining and lead to intestinal bleeding from ulcers and tears in the tissue.
Constipation and straining to poop can also lead to tears in colon and intestines and lead to intestinal bleeding.
Intestinal bleeding can sometimes heal on it's own if it's not too severe.
Less serious cases of intestinal bleeding to have the ability to heal on it's own and most intestinal bleeding which is not severe does heal without treatment.
In more serious cases of intestinal bleeding or intestinal bleeding that is recurring may need surgery to treat.
The treatment for the intestinal bleeding can include, medication or a procedure such as an upper endoscopy.
Symptoms of intestinal bleeding are changes in stool color, consistency, blood in poop, changes in bowel habits, pain and tenderness.
Most people that have intestinal bleeding will require hospitalization although some younger and healthier people may be treated as an outpatient.
If the intestinal bleeding is left untreated it can in severe cases lead to organ failure, seizures, coma, external bleeding and even death.
Intestinal bleeding is a symptom of many digestive system disorders which include reflux, ulcers and even cancer.
The intestinal bleeding also can occur in any part of the digestive system (GI tract), which runs from your mouth to your anus.
Bleeding with intestinal bleeding can be mild and ongoing or come on suddenly and be life-threatening.
Death in people with acute UGIB is uncommonly due to ongoing bleeding.
Further, those who died of active bleeding most often died within 48 hours of either the index bleed or rebleed.
With intestinal bleeding your poop may look black or tarry.
Bleeding from intestinal bleeding can range from mild to severe and can be life-threatening.
Imaging technology or an endoscopic investigation can usually locate the cause of the intestinal bleeding.
Treatment for intestinal bleeding depends on the where the bleeding is located and how severe it is.