At present, at the stage of deep knowledge in medicine, the symptomatology of the disease and the subjective sensations of the patient are of great importance, since it is on the basis of these data that a preliminary diagnosis is made. Of course, such a diagnosis requires laboratory or instrumental confirmation. However, already at the stage of making a preliminary (presumptive) diagnosis, the patient is prescribed an appropriate treatment regimen.
That is why the complete picture of the manifestation of the disease is so important. So, in addition to the main complaints that patients present - pain, soreness and others - there is a whole group of signs characterizing a change in the state of the body.
Such signs include the nature and frequency of urination, the frequency of stool and its characteristics (color, texture, smell, the presence of impurities of undigested food, the presence of blood impurities, the presence of mucus).
What are the causes of mucus in the stool of an adult? There are a huge number of diseases for which stool with an admixture of mucus is characteristic.
Most often, the appearance of mucus in the feces can indicate the use of a product that can cause such a reaction of the body.
Sometimes mucus in the feces in an adult occurs with colds and a runny nose. Another cause of stool mucus is the presence of any acute intestinal infection. So dysentery and some intestinal infections of viral etiology are manifested.
Stool with mucus in an adult of a long nature, especially after a previous illness, accompanied by the use of antibacterial drugs, may indicate the presence of intestinal dysbiosis. By the way, the treatment of dysbiosis is very difficult, since restoration of the proper ratio of microflora in the intestinal cavity is practically not possible. The restoration of the microbial biocenosis in a different ratio leads to a violation of the digestion of certain substances, as well as a violation of the synthesis of vitamins.
Hyperproduction of mucus leads to a certain shift in the water balance in the body, since moisture is expended on the production of mucus. In addition, feces with mucus in an adult, as a rule, are more hydrated and the act of defecation is in the form of diarrhea. First of all, this happens because the mucus on the surface of the feces prevents the reverse absorption of fluid in the ascending, transverse and descending sections of the large intestine.
In cases where the mucus in the feces of an adult persists for a long time, and the patient also notes pain in the abdomen, it is necessary to seek help from a doctor. Having collected an anamnesis and performed basic (general) tests, as well as some specific manipulations and diagnostic procedures, the doctor will be able to identify the cause of this disease and make a decision on its elimination (effective treatment).
Often, when a doctor is approached with a complaint of mucus in the feces of an adult, the diagnosis of feces on culture media is a diagnostically significant and necessary procedure. This microbiological study is aimed at establishing a microorganism that causes mucosal irritation and mucus overproduction. Having ascertained the type of pathogen of a particular intestinal infection (and in 90% of cases when there is mucus in the stool of an adult, this is precisely an intestinal infection), a series of further diagnostic procedures are performed to determine the pathogen strain, and also establish its antibiotic sensitivity. Only after finding out all the necessary features of the microorganism, the doctor can adjust the treatment regimen taking into account the existing table of sensitivity of the pathogen to antimicrobial agents.