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How to tell difference between mucus or fat or worms in poo stool?

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Dr. James Okamoto answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

By microscopy: If you bring a sample of the stool to your physician, he can send it off to the local microscopy lab where a trained technician can look for evidence of fat, or parasites, under the microscope. (usually they look for evidence of worms like the eggs, not the worms themselves).

Answered 10/19/2018

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