My Wife: Mucous And Blood In Stool; No Pain Posted: 04-20-04 05:18am
My wife (3 has been noticing
mucous and blood in her stools for several
weeks now. When she first called her
doctor, he was not alarmed (perhaps beause
there was no pain associated with her
sympotms), and didn't lead her to believe
she needed to make an appointment to see
him.
Today, she was especially concerned
because she had a "false" bowel movement:
she found only mucous and blood in a
movement, no stool. Again, no pain.
She called the doc, who suggested an upper
gr (or whatever it is called when you
drink the material and they take
pictures). Should we ask for a
colonoscopy instead?
Thanks!
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2ferano
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Posted: 04-20-04 08:18am
I would get the upper gi and a
colonoscopy.
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gismet
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Posted: 12-01-04 17:13pm
Did you ever find out what was wrong with
your wife as I have the same symptoms.
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lf777
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Posted: 01-06-05 22:59pm
Hello
this can be a sign of colon cancer. But
it can also be a sign of other diseases
such as infection, inflammatory bowel
disease such as crohn's and ulcerative
colitis, for example. She needs to be
evaluated by a doctor, at least with stool
tests, blood tests and a colonoscopy.
I hope all is welll with your wife by now.
But let me sstate to anyone who reads
this, I did not have pain untill a few
months before my diagnosis, and they said
I had it for 5 to 10 yrs.
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coloncrazy
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Me Too! Posted: 08-08-05 23:28pm
I have just joined this forum and read
some of your posts. I have been out of
commission the past week with very similar
problems to what have been described
above. About two weeks ago I started
noticing mucousy stools - normal color
with mucous on the outside. (i suffer
from ibs and chronic constipation, by the
way, but have been taking enulose to help;
but in the past month the medicine stopped
working and I have had very few bowel
movements). So last tuesday I had a
small, soft bm with very little strain,
but there was a lot of blood - toilet bowl
completely red and toilet paper too. Too
much surface blood to notice blood or
mucous in the stools. Then later that
night I was awoken with the worst stomach
pain I have ever had - upper middle
mostly, sharp shooting pains with a lot of
pressure. I have gotten used to living
with stomach pain, but this was like
nothing i've felt before. Went to the er
but they found no hemmrhoids (sp?) or
fissures or anything that would have
caused surface bleeding, so they did
ultrasounds, a ct scan, and blood work.
Nothing to note showed up, so I am now
scheduled for a colonoscopy this thursday,
as they suspect the bleeding came from
higher up. All week I have been layed up
in bed on muscle relaxers, restricted to a
clear liquid diet with white rice,
oatmeal, saltines and chicken broth if I
get hungry (a very good diet for someone
with a flare-up by the way, my pain has
nearly subsided within three days).
Since the er visit I have had a few bm's -
some very hard, light tan/white stools
covered in mucous, with lots of stringy
mucous by itself too, one that was a
"false" bm - just mucous, and then the
past two days normal colored soft
stringy-like bm (long and skinny) that's
really difficult to pass but with no blood
or mucous. I am at a complete loss.
They say maybe colitis or diverticulitis?
Or maybe just a flare-up of ibs? It
seems to be a bit more serious than just
"ibs" - I hate that diagnosis and have had
it for years, but it's so unsettling. I
also had a complete blockage/fecal
impaction about a year ago. (i'm 24 by
the way) I am afraid of colon cancer. I
guess I will see on thursday. Any
insight??
(sorry for such a long post)
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coloncrazy
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to Cjd60 Posted: 08-08-05 23:35pm
I would do the upper gi test and
definitely a colonoscopy too. I did the
upper gi test years ago and it revealed
nothing, and I am now wishing that I had
insisted on having a colonoscopy too.
Warn your wife that the stuff she will
drink for the upper gi scan - barium - is
pretty horrible... Encourage her that
it's worth the nausea, and will be over
soon. I hope she's doing okay and that
this doesn't come across as negative -
just trying to give a fair warning if she
has not had the procedure yet.
If she has, any significant results??
How is she doing?
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kelly-marie
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Colon Cancer Posted: 08-03-06 07:20am
I am 23 and have been having mucus stools
ond mucus just coming out when standing
and some discomfort.I am waiting on blood
tests was your wife ok and what was it?
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Joy Miller
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Re: Me Too! Posted: 08-25-06 12:33pm
So what happened?!? I am having very
simular symptom as well in my twenties.
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sandyallen
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Joy Miller Posted: 08-25-06 15:38pm
You might want to pm (private message) the
person you wnat to talk to, sometimes the
message gets through faster.
Their are times if we go to the dr we can
find out more as we are all different and
we all have different problems(just my
opinion).
All the best!
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Joy Miller
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Pm ? Posted: 08-25-06 17:55pm
How do I pm on this forum?
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lifelikesrfng
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No Pain Huh? Posted: 08-12-07 13:29pm
I have no pain when I go to the restroom.
My stool does seem to have a lot of mucous
in it but it doesn't hurt. I bleed a
bright blood but I think that might be
caused from my hemmroids. I'm only 17 so
maybe it's something else.
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under your skin
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a Werid Similarity Posted: 09-13-07 23:24pm
I have been researching this topic and
come across this site. I am 20 years old.
I have diagnosed with Crohns and Ulcertive
Colitis and well as mnay other GI
problems. I stay to a very careful diet
and try to watch my exercise, sleep
patterns and daily activity. I have ben
noticing my symptoms getting worse and I
haven't had blood in my stool for years,
always mucous though. Be careful and make
sure that you are reaserching your options
and what it might be. Be careful and keep
a log of your symptoms, what you did that
day, how you felt, what you ate and your
stress. All play in factor.
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ski
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cant explain Posted: 01-25-08 00:19am
i have been noticing BRIGHT blood in my
stool on rare occassions for about 6
months but over the last 3 weeks its been
pretty constant with some mucas and a pink
residue on the toilet paper, almost
milkypink if i could describe it that way.
I dont know what to think, I go to the
bathroom regularly about 2 times a day
like clockwork. No pain at all and it
comes and goes. Please help, Im new
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pnash1218
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mucuous and blood in stool Posted: 06-18-08 20:43pm
Hello, all. I just went through a bout
with Colarectal Cancer. I was having
problems with blood in my stool and after
about 2 months, I started having bursts of
blood (similar to gas) and became
concerned. I made an appt. for a
colonoscopy and they found 2 polyps.
Turned out, both were malignant. Because
I had Stage IV Bladder Cancer in 2005 and
had my bladder removed and replaced with
what is called a neo bladder (it is made
from 28 inches of the intestines), and
after 17 months and a fistula on the
bladder, I am just fine now, bladderwise.
My colorectal cancer was found and treated
finally with a type of excision (NO PAIN
WHATSOEVER). Just lots of sitz-baths. I
love them now. I just have them for the
heck of it sometimes. Anyway, my
suggestion is a colonoscopy. If that
doesn't show anything, then have the upper
and lower GI study done. And whatever you
do, don't be afraid. The test is over in
no time and you have no pain. Just make
certain you get to a well known and
capable physician. And that's all I have
to say about that. Any questions?
Thanks for listening to my tale of woe!
It's not been so bad.
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has been noticing
mucous and blood in her stools for several
weeks now. When she first called her
doctor, he was not alarmed (perhaps beause
there was no pain associated with her
sympotms), and didn't lead her to believe
she needed to make an appointment to see
him.
