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When i have a bowel movement it a mucas like substance around it why is that?

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Mucusy stool or ?: Are you seeing oily stools with floating oil droplets (which implies fat maldigestion from use of dietary fat blockers, pancreatic and/or biliary disease, small bowel malabsorption, or excessive dietary fat intake) or mucusy stool (due to a range of conditions from inflammatory, infectious, ischemic, or "functional" due to rectal dysfunction, colon delay, or irritable bowel syndrome)? Need tests.

Answered 4/16/2013

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Dr. Jill Carnahan answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Infection: Mucous in the stool is usually a sign of inflammation or infection. It would be wise to have your blood counts checked for signs of infection and a stool test for wbcs, ova & parasites, culture and blood.

Answered 5/12/2014

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