I have had stomach pain for quite sometime (5 months) but tolerable until about 3 wks ago. It became so bad that I was hospitalized and had alot of tests all seemingly negative. I am thinking it may be related to trauma I had to my abdomen, when I was a kid I seperated my bowels from my pancreas and damaged my duodem (spelling ?) while riding my dirtbike That was over 20 years ago and I have lived a normal life to this point. Anyhow the thing that concerns me now is the pain returning and the black sludge like stool. I have a follow up this week, but should I act before that seeing that I have already spent 6 days hospitalized for this problem recently it may be a waste of time
Black sludge-like stool means that your GI tract is bleeding somewhere. You need to get yourself checked out as soon as possible as this can be something serious.