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Question: For about 6 weeks I have been having 6 to 8 bowel movements a day. This following antibiotics from the dentist. I have been off of them for over a month and the frequency of the urges hasn't lessened. When I use the bathroom it looks like clear mucus.
Brief Answer:
Colitis of some sort
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
The frequency of the urges for 6 to 8 bowel movements per day is for 6 weeks and continued even after stoppage of antibiotics for over a month.
It is like clear mucus.
The probable causes are as follows:
Phendimetrazine itself can cause .
IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Amoebiasis
Colitis
And so on.
Get ultrasonography, Stool test, colonoscopy done.
The treatment will depend upon the reports.
Colitis of some sort
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
The frequency of the urges for 6 to 8 bowel movements per day is for 6 weeks and continued even after stoppage of antibiotics for over a month.
It is like clear mucus.
The probable causes are as follows:
Phendimetrazine itself can cause .
IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Amoebiasis
Colitis
And so on.
Get ultrasonography, Stool test, colonoscopy done.
The treatment will depend upon the reports.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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