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Is Sticky Stools A Symptom Of IBS?
I probably have IBS (am seeing a general practitioner and a gastroenterologist ). I would like to know if the following symptom is related to IBS: no matter how well i wipe myself after a bowel movement , I still have residue and have to wipe again and again when i visit the bathroom even 2 hours after the bowel movement.
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
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Thjanks for writing to health care magic
Loose sticky stools is a symptom of irritable bowel syndrome. But it is also a symptom of colon cancer. So it is very important that u rule out colon malignancy. In colon cancer there is bleeding from the bowel. When the blood is exposed to digestive juices it becomes tarry and black. This sis one of the important and dangerous causes of sticky stools.
Get a good check up by a gastroenterologist.
Thanks and regards
Thjanks for writing to health care magic
Loose sticky stools is a symptom of irritable bowel syndrome. But it is also a symptom of colon cancer. So it is very important that u rule out colon malignancy. In colon cancer there is bleeding from the bowel. When the blood is exposed to digestive juices it becomes tarry and black. This sis one of the important and dangerous causes of sticky stools.
Get a good check up by a gastroenterologist.
Thanks and regards
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