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).
Sick days are estimated to cost the U.S. economy $84 billion each year. According to the latest data released in a joint study by Gallup and Healthways, some professions miss substantially more time each month due to sickness than others. Doctors miss roughly one day every four months due to illness. Those working in the service industry, on the other hand, miss almost one day every two months. These are the jobs in which workers take the most and least sick days. Click here to see who takes the most (and fewest) sick days.