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Why Is My Stool Soft And Orange In Colour?
My stool is soft, not diarrhea, but orange in color, with blood mixed through it. I do not strain to go. When I wipe with TP, there seems to be the orangish-red mucus on the TP. I have been on a number of anti-seizure drugs for seizure drugs for over 20 years. Could this finally be affecting me?
Fri, 3 Mar 2017
Hi
You aresuffering from dysentry.Dysentery is a type of gastroenteritis that results in diarrhea with bloodIt is an intestinal inflammation, especially in the colon, that can lead to severe diarrhea with mucus or blood in the fecesBacillary dysentery or shigellosis caused by shigella bacteria Other type of dysentry is amoebic dysentery.
Advice
Tablet Cilocin 500mg twice daily
Tab Metronidazole twice daily for 7 days.
Get a stool routine and microscopy and stool for occult blood test done.
Most likely bloody stools have nothing to do from you anti seizure medications.
You aresuffering from dysentry.Dysentery is a type of gastroenteritis that results in diarrhea with bloodIt is an intestinal inflammation, especially in the colon, that can lead to severe diarrhea with mucus or blood in the fecesBacillary dysentery or shigellosis caused by shigella bacteria Other type of dysentry is amoebic dysentery.
Advice
Tablet Cilocin 500mg twice daily
Tab Metronidazole twice daily for 7 days.
Get a stool routine and microscopy and stool for occult blood test done.
Most likely bloody stools have nothing to do from you anti seizure medications.
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