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What Causes Mucus In Stool?

Posted on Mon, 3 Oct 2016

Question: What could be the cause of some bowel disturbance in which there is some clear mucous like substance in the stool? It goes along with some rather explosive, urgent movements. The morning movement is quite normal.

Answered by Dr. Baranidharan Kuselan (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Bowel infection

Detailed Answer:
Hi there,
Thanks for posting in HCM.
I am Dr.Barani and I am pleased to assist you.

Some amount of mucus in stool can be considered normal.
Increased amount of mucus in stool occurs if there is colitis or irritable bowel syndrome.

Recent onset of short duration explosive bowel movements with increased mucus could be due to bowel infection causing colitis. Stool analysis may be done for confirmation.

Meanwhile take probiotic supplements.

(I presume you had normal bowel movements before.
And during the present episode you are not passing hard stools initially followed by loose stools)
Let me know if you have any more questions.

Regards,
Dr.Barani

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee