Melena WisdomCard™

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  1. A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Bloody Or Tarry Stools nlm.nih.gov - Bloody Or Tarry Stools
  2. WrongDiagnosis: Melaena wrongdiagnosis.com - Melaena
  3. MedicineNet: Rectal Bleeding medicinenet.com - Rectal Bleeding
  4. eMedicine: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding emedicine.com - Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
  5. iVillage: Tarry Stool (Melena) yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com - Tarry Stool (Melena)
  6. PatientsVille: Drugs Associated With Melaena patientsville.com - Drugs Associated With Melaena
  7. Merriam - Webster Online: Melaena Definition merriam-webster.com - Melaena Definition
  8. NHS Blog Doctor: Melaena - What Do You Do? nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com - Melaena - What Do You Do?
  9. Emergency Medical Journal (via PubMed Central): Melaena as the Presenting Symptom of Gastric Mucosal Injury Due to Blunt Abdominal Trauma pubmedcentral.nih.gov - Melaena as the Presenting Symptom of Gastric Mucosal Injury Due to Blunt Abdominal Trauma
  10. IngentaConnect: Hookworm Causing Melaena and Severe Anaemia in Early Infancy ingentaconnect.com - Hookworm Causing Melaena and Severe Anaemia in Early Infancy


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Research Notes on Melena


Melena or melaena is a term which describes black "tarry" feces. It often indicates an injury or disorder in the digestive tract.1 The black color is caused by oxidation of the iron in hemoglobin during its passage through the ileum and colon.2

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Bloody Or Tarry Stools
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia: Melena

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