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Last couple days have had a mucus clear/ brown color after a soild bowel movement. what can cause this and what should i do? who should i go see?

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Dr. Richard Horak ii answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Change in bowels: Just watch for a bit. Could start some Probiotics in the meantime. If there is blood, abdominal pain, fever, etc them you need to see a doc to see if it is colitis, etc. You need to see a gastroenterologist as a specialist.

Answered 4/4/2017

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