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I have white round balls worm shapes on my stool..do i need to be dewormed?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Your stool: can be tested for ova & parasites so that you will know one way or another.

Answered 4/17/2015

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Maybe just mucus?: Mucus discharge occurs in up to 50% of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, with or without pain. Mucus may also be produced in response to partial obstruction, chronic constipation, rectal dysfunction, infection, & even from secretory villous tumors of the rectum. At the very least stool studies & probably a sigmoidoscopy should be considered, but a more extensive evaluation may be warranted.

Answered 9/2/2014

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