Given the data you provided (mucus in stool and gum infection), you might be experiencing two separate conditions. The mucus in the stool might be related to enteritis. Enteritis is an inflammation of the intestines caused usually by an infective agent: bacteria or virus. The stool might be presented with diarrhea, when the stool is liquid. Pain in the abdomen and increased presence of gases might be detected, too. If the bacteria damage the intestinal wall, blood might be present in the stool.
You might want to visit your family doctor for the enteritis. A physical examination, laboratory tests, and stool culture are likely to be needed. The stool culture would determine the exact bacteria and the most effective antibiotic.
Meanwhile, you might want to take certain herbal products that decrease inflammation in the intestines, like aloe, for example. Taking products rich in bacteria from the normal intestinal flora (lactobacillus) might be helpful.
The gum infection is probably a separate condition, about which you might want to visit a dentist.
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