Abnormal stool: yellow mucus and irregular bowel movement Posted: 02-15-07 11:31am
I'm passing clear sometimes yellow mucus
instead of stool sometimes and it is
usually acompanied with alot of gas that
sometimes burns when released. It usually
clears up the next day but it comes back
very often. I do have normal bowel
movements, with no signs of black or
bloody stool. I have no abdominal pain. I
get alittle constipated once in a while. I
have normal bowel movements about once or
twice a day but once in a while I have a
really big bowel movement in a single
day(Not Diarrhea). Then I resume the
normal bowel movements for a week or two
before having a big movement again. Why do
I have recurring gas and mucus and why the
big bowel movement about once every or
every other week ?
Bowel movement habits are unique to each
individual. It doesn't seem that you are
experiencing any type of abnormality
except for the yellow mucus that you
excrete instead of stool. A colonoscopy
can provide more information about the
inner condition of the colon and possible
causes for the yellow mucus. An occult
blood test must also to be performed as a
diagnostic tool.
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