There is white sticky substance in the stool

The presence of white sticky substances in the stool is an abnormal phenomenon. The occurrence of this phenomenon indicates that there are certain conditions in the person's physical health, especially the gastrointestinal tract, which must be unhealthy. Generally speaking, diseases such as colitis, chronic enteritis, intestinal cancer, hemorrhoids with bloody stools, colon polyps, and acute schistosomiasis can all cause this symptom. The following is a detailed introduction to the diseases that cause these symptoms.

1. Colitis

Colitis, especially ulcerative colitis, can easily cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, mucus in the stool, and even constipation and intestinal rumbling. Diarrhea and constipation may occur alone or alternately, often accompanied by symptoms such as weight loss, fatigue and insomnia. You need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time to prevent the condition from getting worse.

2. Chronic enteritis

A chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine often caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, diet and abuse of antibiotics. Clinically, it often manifests as long-term chronic or recurrent abdominal pain, diarrhea, indigestion and other symptoms. In severe cases, there may be mucus or watery stools. Some patients have excessive diarrhea, which leads to serious involvement of the rectum. They may experience tenesmus, mushy stools, increased mucus, and even pus and blood.

3. Bowel cancer

Such as rectal cancer, colon cancer, intestinal tumors, etc., compared with colon cancer, the mucus is the most obvious. Colon cancer is a common digestive tract tumor that occurs in the colon. In the early stages of colon cancer, symptoms include abdominal distension, abdominal pain, and indigestion. These symptoms are not obvious and are often missed. Then there will be changes in bowel habits, abdominal pain before defecation, mucus in the stool or mucopurulent blood in the stool, accompanied by symptoms such as low fever, fatigue, and weight loss. Colon cancer is divided into right-sided colon cancer and left-sided colon cancer. The stool of right-sided colon cancer is liquid or cachectic. Left-side colon cancer, dry and hard stools, mainly manifested as acute and chronic intestinal obstruction.

4. Others

For example, hemorrhoids, blood in the stool, rectal and colon polyps, bacterial dysentery, acute schistosomiasis, and symptoms such as spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, spleen deficiency and dampness and heat, and cold and dampness as believed in traditional Chinese medicine may all cause mucus in the stool.

In short, for people with unclear symptoms, excessive mucus, especially mucus mixed with blood, purulent secretions, etc., you should go to the hospital for examination in time to rule out the possibility of diseases such as colon cancer, intestinal tumors, polyps, etc. as early as possible. For early symptoms, you should cooperate with the doctor to actively receive treatment and recover as soon as possible.