Clear mucus in stool

The excess waste produced by the human body every day is excreted in the form of feces, and the color and shape of the feces are closely related to a person's health. Therefore, many people will observe their own feces to infer whether there are any health problems in their bodies. This method is very applicable to both adults and children. Some people find clear mucus in their stool. What is going on?

Whether the stool is normal is a symbol of a person's health. Whether it is an adult or a child, many times we can judge some diseases only by the color or shape of the stool. If you eat different things every day, the color of your stool will also be different. As long as a person is healthy, their bowel movements will be regular. Some newborns have jelly-like transparent stools. What's going on?

1. Physiological loose stools

Since the intestinal function of normal newborns is not yet fully developed, there are obvious differences in the stool characteristics of babies with different feeding methods. For example, breast milk is easily absorbed by newborns who are breastfed, so breastfed babies generally have more bowel movements and may experience false diarrhea. The baby may have up to 7-8 bowel movements a day, or even 10-12 times. The stools are usually thin. If the baby is in good spirits, eats well, and has normal weight gain, there is no need to worry.

2. Pathological factors

(1) Non-infectious factors

Improper feeding: Parents feed their newborn babies milk powder that is too concentrated, inappropriate, sugar is added to the milk powder, the milk is too cold, or starchy foods such as rice paste are added too early, which can easily lead to food accumulation in the baby and cause diarrhea.

Allergy to milk powder: 2-7 out of 100 babies are allergic to milk powder protein. Newborn babies with hereditary allergies are more likely to develop allergic symptoms to milk powder protein.

(2) Viral or bacterial infection

Cold: When babies have a cold, they often have diarrhea symptoms. Therefore, as long as the cold is cured fundamentally, the diarrhea will naturally heal.

Viral or bacterial infection: Newborns have poor immune function, especially intestinal immunity. When the intestine is infected, they are unable to weaken and neutralize the virulence of bacteria. It can be divided into intestinal infection and extraintestinal infection. Intestinal infections mainly occur in newborns who are bottle-fed or mixed-fed, because the disease enters the body through the mouth due to unclean feeding utensils.

The above is an introduction to the reasons why the stool is transparent jelly-like. When parents find that their baby’s stool is transparent jelly-like, this is an abnormal phenomenon and they must seek medical attention immediately. Secondly, pay attention to your baby’s diet to see if you are careless in feeding and cause abnormal bowel movements. Only by finding the cause can we prescribe the right medicine to relieve the baby's pain.