Get Virtual Care
  • Primary Care
  • Urgent Care
  • FAQs
  • Support Center
For Businesses
  • Direct Primary Care for Organizations
  • For DMEs and Pharmacies
  • For Health Plans
  • For Providers
About Us
  • Who We Are
  • Why HealthTap
  • Our Standards
  • Contact
Log in
Book a video appointment
Book now
  • Get Virtual Care

    • Primary Care
    • Urgent Care
    • FAQs
    • Support Center
  • For Businesses

    • Direct Primary Care for Organizations
    • For DMEs and Pharmacies
    • For Health Plans
    • For Providers
  • About Us

    • Who We Are
    • Why HealthTap
    • Our Standards
    • Contact
Log in to HealthTap
HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients
Book a video visit
Specialties
General Practice
Family Medicine
Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology
Overview
Related questions
Related specialties
Conditions Treated
Symptoms Commonly Seen
HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients
Book a video visit
Ask your questionFree
Talk to a doctor$

Ask your Gastroenterology question free

Get answers from Gastroenterologists and top U.S. doctors

Anonymous

Typically respond in 24 hours

Search millions of doctor answers

Your health concern
0/250

Educational text answers on HealthTap are not intended for individual diagnosis, treatment or prescription. For these, please consult a doctor (virtually or in person). For potential or actual medical emergencies, immediately call 911 or your local emergency service.

Post a free question

Trusted by millions since 2010

WSJBusinessINCForbesNYTFortune

HealthTap Testimonials

The fact that my company is providing this as a free benefit shows that they care about the health and well-being of their employees.

Jose G.

This app has saved my life during this Covid 19 crisis. Most doctors aren’t accessible. But with this app I was able to access everything. And get the care I needed.

Mary W.

I was able to visit with a doctor, have a prescription sent to my pharmacy, and it was amazing that I could do it all from the privacy of my own home.

Jennifer M.

Related questions

Top
Top
Recent

A 67-year old male asked:

to calm severe stomach flu-5 doses of kaopectate (kaolin and pectin) and three capletes of anti diarreha med cause black stool?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 24-year old asked:

Why do i have heartburn everyday even when i dont eat? And nausa and black stool abd have upset stomach everyday?

2 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in

A member asked:

I have been vomiting blood and blood in stool it makes me really weak and i get real tired the blood is bright red in color .... i get pains in my lower stomach on both sides abdomin area. i have had colon polyps removed at four different times they found

6 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

A member asked:

Black stool lower belly pain for about 5 days now will targerment help did have a ucler before years ago actiing the same way

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A female asked:

Can you get C-diff without a colon? my fiance is in the hospital right now. he's having serve diarrhea, stomach pain, and headache along with extreme nausea. the doctor said that he has c-diff but the thing is he got his entire colon removed back in 2010.

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A female asked:

I know this is going to sound insane but I have had bloody stool for a few years now. What is this. Too afraid for doctors visit Also no longer having regular bowel movements. It looks like balls of puss when I try to have a bowel movement and it smells.

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 27-year old male asked:

28 y/o male w/ blood in stool. I'm pretty sure I have lactose intolerance and IBS. Could this be a symptom?

7 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

A 45-year old asked:

Does IBS lead to IBD (Crohn's or ulcerative colitis)?

2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

A 32-year old female asked:

I was diagnosed with gastritis and hiatal hernia on February 2012. During that time I had black, tarry stools and was placed on Omezaprole than changed to Nexium (esomeprazole). My upper abdomen area pains or becoming more severe and comes and goes. It

2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

A 33-year old asked:

My daughter woke up throwing up and diarrhea...she is now doubled over in pain. I gave her pepto bismol, (bismuth subsalicylate) but the stomach pain is worse, doubled over?

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

Load more

Related specialties

Colon and Rectal Surgery
Pediatric Gastroenterology

Conditions Treated

GERD
Gastritis
Gallstones
Food-borne illness (food poisoning)
Iron deficiency anemia
Colonic diseases
GI infections
Rotavirus infection
Diverticulosis
Crohn's disease
Parasitic infection (giardiasis)
Liver diseases
Salmonella infection
Fecal impaction
Cholestasis
Ischemic bowel disease
Alcoholic hepatitis
Hepatitis C
Iron overload (hemochromatosis)
Rapid gastric emptying (dumping syndrome)
Pyloric stenosis
Hepatitis
Eating disorder
Esophagitis
Food intolerance
Esophageal varices
Neuroendocrine tumor
Ileus
Appendicitis
Gallbladder inflammation (cholecystitis)
Cirrhosis (liver)
Bowel obstruction
Swallowing disorder
Clostridium difficile infection
GI cancer
Pelvic abscess
Hepatitis D
Colon cancer
Rectal cancer
Autoimmune hepatitis
Gluten allergy (celiac disease)
Cholangiocarcinoma
Esophageal cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Ruptured food pipe
Hepatic encephalopathy
Stomach cancer
Hepatitis B
Cholera
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Load more

Symptoms Commonly Seen

Constipation
Nausea
Flatulence
Heartburn
Vomiting
Black tarry stools
Anal itching
Rectal bleeding
Bloody or red colored stools
Pain under breast bone
Pain in pit of stomach
Painful swelling of abdomen
Stool color
Bulky stool
Load more
HealthTap
HIPAA logo
HIPAASecure
Soc 2 Type 2 logo
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHO Accredited
JCAHOAccredited

For Businesses

Direct Primary Care for OrganizationsFor DMEs and PharmaciesFor Health PlansFor Providers

Company

About UsSupport CenterContact Us

Health Content

Health TopicsDoctor Q&A by Specialty

Join Us

For DoctorsJobs
Member App

Download HealthTap

Video visit and message your doctor

Member App QR Code
Play Store Member LinkApp Store Member Link

Questions?

+1 (888) 828-0841support@healthtap.com
LinkedInTwitter
HomeTermsPrivacyCookiesDMCAHealth TopicsDoctors DirectoryDoctor Q&A by Specialty
Copyright 2026 HealthTap, Inc.