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Will mucus in stool cause a false positive for blood in a fobt stool test?
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No: But depending on the test method there are other causes of false positive. Did you do a guiac test of FIT test. FIT test has fewer false positives, but it only detects colonic bleeds.
Answered 4/24/2017
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