I’ve Been Having Stool In Separate Pieces The Last Week.

Posted on Sat, 30 Mar 2019

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Question : I’ve been having stool in separate pieces the last week. The stool is soft not hard. I’m going daily. What could cause this? I also have a lot of mucus in stool as well as abdominal pain after bowel movement

Answered by Dr. Dr. Klerida Shehu (28 hours later)

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Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you for asking!
You are reporting to have soft and in seperated pieces stools with abdominal pain .
These symptoms may be due to:
- Gastrointenstinal candida overgrowth /parasites
- diverticulitis
- IBS
If I were your treating doctor I wouls uggest to start your investigation with :
- fecal culture test for candida and parasites infection
- colonoscopy ( after ruling out large bowel infection)
Meantime I would suggest to start probiotics for at least 2 weeks.

Hope it was helpful to you.
Dr. Klerida

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