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Over the past week i have been having abdominal cramping frequent bowel movements sometimes diarrhea and mucus in stool, even when i wipe thick mucus?

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Dr. Robert Stachler answered

Mucous in stool: when you have diarrhea it is not uncommon to have mucous in the stool. Try some lomotil (diphenoxylat and atropine) over the counter and or some keopectate and your bowels will get better in the future. Good luck and feel better.

Answered 2/1/2016

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A member asked:

Over the past week i have been having abdominal cramping frequent bowel movements sometimes diarrhea and mucus in stool, even when i wipe thick mucus?

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Dr. Robert Stachler answered

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