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What Does Presence Of Mucus In Stool Indicate?
Question: What does it mean to have mucus in your stool?
Brief Answer:
Sonme amount of mucous is normal.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for choosing HealthcareMagic for your query.
Have gone through your brief detail and i appreciate your concern.
As per your query some amount of mucus in the stool is normal; however, significant amounts of mucus and mucus accompanied by diarrhea, or blood may signify an intestinal condition such as infection or inflammation. It can also occur with cancers of the colon or rectum or with bowel obstruction.I would initially recommend you to post your follow up question with details about the color and quantity of mucous.However a stool routine and microscopy test can be done to rule out the possibility of infection or inflammation in intestinal mucosa(Due to bacterial or protozoal infection) in case if quantity of mucous is large.
Overuse of laxatives leads to intestinal flora depletion.Depleted intestinal flora is responsible for increased mucous in stools.Probiotics should be taken for long term to replete the already destroyed flora.Once the good bacterias destroyed by antibiotics are relplenished,Overall digestion will improve and your symptoms will settle down.
However to have some mucous in stool is normal especially when you are taking laxatives.
Hope i answered your query well.
Follow ups are welcome.
Regards.
Sonme amount of mucous is normal.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for choosing HealthcareMagic for your query.
Have gone through your brief detail and i appreciate your concern.
As per your query some amount of mucus in the stool is normal; however, significant amounts of mucus and mucus accompanied by diarrhea, or blood may signify an intestinal condition such as infection or inflammation. It can also occur with cancers of the colon or rectum or with bowel obstruction.I would initially recommend you to post your follow up question with details about the color and quantity of mucous.However a stool routine and microscopy test can be done to rule out the possibility of infection or inflammation in intestinal mucosa(Due to bacterial or protozoal infection) in case if quantity of mucous is large.
Overuse of laxatives leads to intestinal flora depletion.Depleted intestinal flora is responsible for increased mucous in stools.Probiotics should be taken for long term to replete the already destroyed flora.Once the good bacterias destroyed by antibiotics are relplenished,Overall digestion will improve and your symptoms will settle down.
However to have some mucous in stool is normal especially when you are taking laxatives.
Hope i answered your query well.
Follow ups are welcome.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
It was a large glob, and I feel like i have to go to the bathroom more frequently and nothing comes but a small bit sometimes with mucus attached with a little bit of blood in the mucus part
Brief Answer:
Can be Dysentry.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again,
Dysentery is a medical condition which is characterized by an intestinal inflammation inside the colon which can result to chronic diarrhea with blood or mucus in the feces.
Types of dysentery:
Bacillary dysentery- This disorder is caused by a bacterium knows as ‘Shigella.’ Bacillary dysentery is more common in the USA and Western Europe.
Amoebic dysentery (amoebiasis)- This form of dysentery is caused by an amoeba known as ‘Entamoeba histolytica.’ It mostly affects people living in the tropics.
Initially i would suggest you to g for a test called stool routine and microscopy to see the nature of infectitous agent.Amoebicidal drugs or antibiotics according to the results of test.
Advice-
Follow up with reports.
Regards.
Can be Dysentry.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again,
Dysentery is a medical condition which is characterized by an intestinal inflammation inside the colon which can result to chronic diarrhea with blood or mucus in the feces.
Types of dysentery:
Bacillary dysentery- This disorder is caused by a bacterium knows as ‘Shigella.’ Bacillary dysentery is more common in the USA and Western Europe.
Amoebic dysentery (amoebiasis)- This form of dysentery is caused by an amoeba known as ‘Entamoeba histolytica.’ It mostly affects people living in the tropics.
Initially i would suggest you to g for a test called stool routine and microscopy to see the nature of infectitous agent.Amoebicidal drugs or antibiotics according to the results of test.
Advice-
Follow up with reports.
Regards.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
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