Mucus stool
Mucus stool: Introduction
The appearance of mucus in stool can be an important symptom.
It is important to determine whether it is actually mucus in the stool,
since it could be blood in stool, fat in stool, or pus in stool
or other causes of stool color changes.
Seek prompt professional medical advice about such symptoms.
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Causes of Mucus stool:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Mucus stool.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Causes of Types of Mucus stool:
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Mucus stool: Symptom Checker
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Mucus stool
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Medical Books Excerpts
- MELENA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Melena
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Constipation
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Melena
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Rectal pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Constipation
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Melena
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Melena
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Rectal pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Constipation
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Melena
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Mucus stool: Medical Mistakes
Mucus stool: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Mucus stool
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The digestive...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,
but can also...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed
(it can...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, or GERD....read more »
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Mucus stool: Related Rare Diseases
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Diagnostic tests for Mucus stool:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Mucus stool. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Temperature
- Abdominal examination for tenderness and a mass - e.g. tenderness in the left lower abdomen, with or without a significant mass may suggest ulcerative colitis or irritable bowel syndrome.
- Stool tests
- Test for occult blood (if positive may suggest infectious disease of the large intestine or small intestine, ulcerative colitis)
- Stool microscopy for ova, parasites and culture for bacteria
- Giardia antigen
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Mucus stool.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you had mucous in the stool? - to establish if acute or chronic.
- What do you mean by mucous in the stool? - It is important to determine whether it is actually mucous in the stool, since it could be blood in the stool, fat in the stool or pus in the stool.
- What is the nature of the stools? - e.g. fatty, pale colored, extremely smelly stools that float in the toilet and are difficult to flush away is called steatorrhea due to excess fat in the stool and are characteristic of malabsorption of nutrients which may be due to cystic fibrosis.
- Past medical history? - e.g. ulcerative colitis, cystic fibrosis.
- Has there been recent foreign travel? - may suggest traveler's diarrhea, cholera, shigellosis, salmonellosis.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Mucus stool) may include:
- Blood in the stool? - If acute may suggest Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter jejuni, ulcerative colitis and amebic dysentery. If chronic may suggest ulcerative colitis or amoebiasis.
- Diarrhea? - would suggest ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, amebic dysentery or bacterial dysentery (e.g. shigella, salmonella, campylobacter jejuni, yersinia enterocolitica, enteroinvasive and enterohemorrhagic E.Coli).
- Fever? - may suggest bacterial dysentery, amebic dysentery, ulcerative colitis.
- Symptoms of intestinal obstruction? - e.g. colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, abdominal distension , pass jelly like mucous or absolute constipation.
- Symptoms of cystic fibrosis? - e.g. recurrent chest infections since childhood, blood stained sputum, shortness of breath, fatty stools, mucous stools.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Mucus stool
Home medical tests possibly related to Mucus stool:
- Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
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Organs affected by Mucus stool:
The list of organs typically affected by Mucus stool may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Mucus stool
The list below shows some of the causes of Mucus stool mentioned in various sources:
- Acinic cell carcinoma - fatty stool
- Andrade's syndrome - mucus in stool
- Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 2 - fatty stool
- Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 4 - fatty stool
- Bile acid synthesis defects - fatty stool
- Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 1 - fatty stool
- Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 2 - fatty stool
- Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 3 - fatty stool
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causes of Mucus stool
How Common are these Causes of Mucus stool?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Mucus stool.
Of the 46
causes of Mucus stool that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 2
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 2
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 43
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 46
causes of Mucus stool
Conditions listing symptoms: Mucus stool:
The following list of conditions
have 'Mucus stool' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Acinic cell carcinoma
... fatty stoolAndrade's syndrome
... mucus in stoolB
Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 2
... fatty stoolBile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 4
... fatty stoolBile acid synthesis defects
... fatty stoolBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 1
... fatty stoolBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 2
... fatty stoolBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 3
... fatty stoolBile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 4
... fatty stoolBlind loop syndrome
... fatty stoolBowel Obstruction
... passing jelly-like mucusC
Carnitine transporter deficiency
... fatty stoolColitis
... mucus in stoolCongenital short bowel
... fatty stoolCystic Fibrosis
... greasy stools, mucus in stoolD
Dysentery
... mucus in stoolE
Enteroaggregative E. Coli infection
... mucus in stoolEnterohemorrhagic E. Coli infection
... mucus in stoolEnteroinvasive E. Coli infection
... mucus in stoolH
Hemorrhagic proctocolitis
... mucus in stoolHemorrhoids
... anal mucus dischargeHypomagnesemia primary
... fatty stoolI
Intestinal obstruction
... passing jelly-like mucusIrritable bowel syndrome
... mucus in stoolJ
Juvenile tropical pancreatitis syndrome
... fatty stoolP
Pancreatic insufficiency
... fatty stoolPelvic abscess
... mucus in stoolPelvic lipomatosis
... mucus in stoolProctitis
... pus in stool, mucus in stoolR
Rectal prolapse
... mucus in stoolS
Shigella boydii infection
... pus in stool, mucus in stoolShigella dysenteriae infection
... pus in stool, mucus in stoolShigella flexneri infection
... pus in stool, mucus in stoolShigella sonnei infection
... pus in stool, mucus in stoolShigellosis
... mucus in stoolSmall bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome
... fatty stoolSpondyloepiphyseal dysplasia - nephrotic syndrome
... fatty stoolSprue
... fatty stoolU
Ulcerative colitis
... pus in stool, mucus in stoolW
Wolman disease
... fatty stool
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Causes of Mucus stool Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Mucus stool based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Mucus stool?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Mucus stool, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Mucus stool:
Subtypes of Mucus stool:
Pus in stool (6 causes), Mucus in stool (19 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Mucus stool:
Stool symptoms (2234 causes), Mucus symptoms (751 causes), Bowel problems (2317 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes)
Symptoms related to Mucus stool:
Bloody stool (229 causes), Stool symptoms (2234 causes), Mucus (751 causes), Diarrhea (1887 causes), Stool color (315 causes), Colitis, Irritable bowel syndrome (20 causes), Ulcerative colitis, Bowel Obstruction (27 causes), Intestinal obstruction (25 causes), Intussusception, Proctitis (1 cause), Rectal prolapse (2 causes)
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