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What Causes Mucus And Blood In Stools After Taking Enema?

Im never really constipated, i have pretty regular BM, once or twice a day, but i deicded to try an enema yesterday. I used a small store bought Saline based enema. I only used about half the bottle, but afterwards, I had white mucus mixed with a fair amount of what I assume was blood, after my BM. There was no pain, but today I havent had a single BM. I eat pretty healthy, lots of veggies, salad, and a fair amount of protein. Is all of this normal?
Mon, 27 Jun 2016
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted your history of never been constipated, have healthy diet, lots of vegetables, salads, fair amount of proteins, have regular normal bowels but decided to have saline enema and has mucus with blood yesterday and no bm today, wants to know whether this is normal.
No, this is not at all normal.
I would advise you the following:
Wait for the next bm and send stool sample for tests.
If there is a problem, consult a General Surgeon for proper clinical evaluation, examination signoidoscopy if required later.
Take a course of an antibiotic so that the infection can be avoided as colon is full of bacteria.
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What Causes Mucus And Blood In Stools After Taking Enema?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted your history of never been constipated, have healthy diet, lots of vegetables, salads, fair amount of proteins, have regular normal bowels but decided to have saline enema and has mucus with blood yesterday and no bm today, wants to know whether this is normal. No, this is not at all normal. I would advise you the following: Wait for the next bm and send stool sample for tests. If there is a problem, consult a General Surgeon for proper clinical evaluation, examination signoidoscopy if required later. Take a course of an antibiotic so that the infection can be avoided as colon is full of bacteria.