While visiting with family members, your elderly aunt shares with you that she has noticed that...
While visiting with family members, your elderly aunt shares with you that she has noticed that her stools are black. This has been happening off and on for several months and now she says her "belly feels swollen" and she is constipated a lot, which is not normal for her. How will you respond?
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Ans) As a health care professional and a concerned niece, you will encourage her to see her doctor right away.
- Black stools can be indicative of blood in the digestive tract, which can indicate a number of life- threatening diseases.
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