Signs and Symptoms
Most patients who are eventually diagnosed with watermelon stomach come to a physician complaining of anemia and blood loss. Sometimes, a patient may come to the medical doctor because he or she notices blood in the stools — either melena (black and tarry stools) and/or hematochezia (maroon stools).
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