Symptom: Mucus stool
Mucus stool: Appearance of mucus in 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.
Detailed cause information for symptom: Mucus stool:
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Symptoms related to Mucus stool: bloody stool (41), stool symptoms (173), mucus (36), Diarrhea (130), stool color (45)
Mucus stool type of: Stool symptoms (173), Mucus symptoms (36)
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Possible causes of symptom: Mucus stool: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Mucus stool as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Gastroenteritis
- Digestive infection
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Bowel conditions
- Colitis
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Ulcerative colitis
- Bowel Obstruction
- Intestinal obstruction
- Intussusception - usually causing jelly-like thick bowel movement.
- Rectal conditions
- See also causes of blood in stool or rectal bleeding
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.
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