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20 Year Old Having Mucus In Stool, Belching. History Of Heart Disease. Advice?
I am 20 years old, female, 5 1 , and about 125 pounds. Lately I ve been experiencing a lot of mucus in my poop (as in mucus usualyl amkes up 80 to 100% of all of my bowel movements) and I ve had a lot of problems with belching . This has been going on for about a week now and I can t see a doctor for another week, what should I do? I have a heart disease but I don t think it s related.
Thanks for your query. You have not mentioned the nature of heart disease.
You are apparently suffering from either, an acute amebic/giardia infection along with alteration of gut bacterial flora (bad bacteria are more than good bacteria in the gut). A 5-7 days' course of Metronidazole; plus, 4 weeks' course of Probiotics, such as, Lactobacilli; and a short course of an anti-acid drug will cure the problem.
Other possibility is irritable bowel syndrome (particularly if you have constant mental stress/anxiety/depression). Treatment of these conditions (if any) will relieve your problems significantly.
Consult your doctor and apprise him of my opinion. I am certain that he will agree with me, order required tests, and- based on the reports- will prescribe suitable/modified treatment as advised.
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Dr. Rakesh Karanwal
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20 Year Old Having Mucus In Stool, Belching. History Of Heart Disease. Advice?
Hi there, Thanks for your query. You have not mentioned the nature of heart disease. You are apparently suffering from either, an acute amebic/giardia infection along with alteration of gut bacterial flora (bad bacteria are more than good bacteria in the gut). A 5-7 days course of Metronidazole; plus, 4 weeks course of Probiotics, such as, Lactobacilli; and a short course of an anti-acid drug will cure the problem. Other possibility is irritable bowel syndrome (particularly if you have constant mental stress/anxiety/depression). Treatment of these conditions (if any) will relieve your problems significantly. Consult your doctor and apprise him of my opinion. I am certain that he will agree with me, order required tests, and- based on the reports- will prescribe suitable/modified treatment as advised. If you find my response helpful and informative, do not forget an “excellent” (5-star rating) to my answer, to ENCOURAGE ALL doctors- engaged in social service- to render sound advice to the FREE queries. Take care Dr. Rakesh Karanwal