Pepto-Bismol (or pink bismuth), specifically, is known to turn the tongue and/or stool black temporarily. This condition can persist for a few days... Q.diarrhea for 4 wks. watery and then black stools.
sick day noun [C]. âº a day for which an âemployee âreceives âpay while âabsent from âwork because of âillness. (Definition of sick day from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).
For a family without paid sick days, on average, 3.1 days of pay lost to illness is equivalent to the familyâs entire monthly health care budget, and 3.5 days of pay lost to illness is equivalent to its entire monthly grocery budget. 12 Simply put, paid sick days help families make ends meet.