>  in my mind when I saw the stool I was
> thinking CF, but I thought they would be frothy or fatty.... Also, it did
> have a metallic smell, an odd odor that I just can't put my finger on.
>

Hi Pam,

please, can you clarify what CF stands for? Sorry, these things are difficult
for spanish me.

Dark stools, pasty and not frothy, with metallic smell (like iron?) would make
me want to rule out high gastrointestinal bleeding...


Kika Baeza
family doc in Spain

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