What Causes Bloody Mucous Stools ?

Posted on Sat, 18 Oct 2014

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Question : I have had bloody mucous stools since 1 pm today. The blood is bright red, I have hemorrhoids but have no pain rectally. I have lower abdominal cramps. There is no feces in the stool. Doctor recommended Imodium immediately and before I go to bed tonight. No fever. Just feel crappy.

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (28 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Enteritis

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Crampy abdominal pain associated with mucous in stools is a sign of infection of the colon known as enteritis. The bright red blood is because of the hemorrhoids and it is unrelated to the mucous.
Here is what you should do

1. I recommend that you take antibiotics, a combination antibiotic like ciproflox with tinidazole is ideal. It has to be taken for 5 days
2. I suggest you take Tab Hyoscine twice daily along with Tab omeprazole once daily before food for the crampy pain
3. If the problem persists then you will have to approach a doctor for a stool routine
4. I suggest you undergo hemorrhoidectomy as soon as possible

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

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar