Subj : Health Update
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Tue Aug 18 2020 23:56:03

Hi, Daryl!  Early last month you wrote in a message to Don Lowery:

DS>  Actually, the color of ones [poop] can be an indicator
DS>  of something more serious.


          Makes sense to me....  :-)



DS>  If it's black, it means internal bleeding...


          Or it may be a side effect of the type of iron supplement people are often given on the understanding that +/- 200 mg will go down the toilet.  :-Q



DS>  and if it's another color, it's a bile issue with the
DS>  liver.


          Yes, an off-white or pale yellow shade may indicate liver damage.  I read that somewhere & noticed it a month before it showed up on our daughter's liver function tests while she was in treatment for leukemia.  IIRC this was a side effect of methotrexate which is usually reversible.  I mention it because Dallas & I knew a guy years ago who was prescribed the same drug for arthritis and I suspect it may be used WRT various other medical conditions too....  :-)




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