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What Causes Mucus In Stool?

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Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2017
Question: mucus instead of diarreah
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Answered by Dr. Ramesh Kumar (25 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Amoebiasis.

Detailed Answer:
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The Shigella and Campylobacter bacteria that cause bacillary dysentery. They penetrate the lining of the intestine, causing swelling, ulcerations, and severe diarrhea containing blood and pus. Both infections are spread by ingestion of feces within contaminated food and water.Transmission of amoebic dysentery occurs mainly through fecal-oral route including ingestion of fecal contaminated food or water containing the cyst of Entamoeba histolytica.

Antiparasitic medications Metronidazole should be taken in doses 400 mg thrice a day.
Tab Azithromycin 500mg once daily for 5 days.
Drink plenty of cleaner water.
To be on safe side a stool test can be done.

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What Causes Mucus In Stool?

Brief Answer: Amoebiasis. Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks choosing HealthcareMagic for your query. Have gone through your details and i appreciate your concerns. The Shigella and Campylobacter bacteria that cause bacillary dysentery. They penetrate the lining of the intestine, causing swelling, ulcerations, and severe diarrhea containing blood and pus. Both infections are spread by ingestion of feces within contaminated food and water.Transmission of amoebic dysentery occurs mainly through fecal-oral route including ingestion of fecal contaminated food or water containing the cyst of Entamoeba histolytica. Antiparasitic medications Metronidazole should be taken in doses 400 mg thrice a day. Tab Azithromycin 500mg once daily for 5 days. Drink plenty of cleaner water. To be on safe side a stool test can be done. Thanks.