Suggest Treatment For Mucus In Stool And Bowel Incontinence

Posted on Sun, 17 May 2015

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Question : What is the cause of mucus in the stool and bowel incontinence I am a 62 year old woman and this had been occurring along with abdominal cramping and pain for the last 2 months

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (33 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Intestinal infection

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Mucous in stools always means infection of the gut. Bowel incontinence is frequently associated with gut infection. Since it has been there for 2 months and there is abdominal cramping I suspect small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.

Here is what you should do

1. You need to be on pro biotics like Tab VSL-3 once a day for a month
2. You will have to be treated with antibiotics for a prolonged period of time. I give antibiotics for 2 weeks, a combination antibiotics like ciplox with tinidazole is ideal.
3. Tab Hyoscine butylbromide is a good tablet for abdominal cramps.

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me.

Regards

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