Blood/mucus stool

Hi

For tge past 8 months ive had blood and mucus in stools, i went to the docs and they said IBS, tge symptoms persisted so i went back, they took blood tests which were all normal, a stool test which said i had high calproctin levels (1200) so gp said i had suspected IBD, i have a colonoscopy appt in 2 weeks. Obviously no one can diagnose other than the docs after colonoscopy but im freaking out and expecting the worst! Has anyone else had anything similar? I have absolutely so other symptoms just mucus at rhe top of stool (first bit to come out) then blood on the outside sometimes quite a bit sometimes barely any and thats it but it has been every stool apart from maybe 5 in total for the last 8 months! Maybe a slight niggle in left lower side of stomach occasionally right but nothing major at all.

No family history, no weight loss, no tiredness, bowel habbits normal, no pain, no other symptoms, just an increase in anxiety!

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  • Hi i have Pan Colitis....Ulcerative colitis of the entire bowel x

  • Hi I've had tests done and the prep isn't too bad but there is a lot. I spent most of the time on the toilet 

    the mucus is more some days and less other days 

    since my colonoscopy I've had pains but was told that it could be that they disturbed the ovarian cysts

    dont worry too much they will check you out and they really look after you

    im here if you need to chat 

  • My symptoms are the similar . I had a colonoscopy and they found a small polyps 

    since being checked there is no blood but still mucus 

    please don't worry because I was told it makes it worse

    everything will be ok and once you have had tests the relief knowing that a process has started makes you less stressed because you are finally going to get answers

    my stress and anxiety comes in waves but I've found a thing called meditainment and it's short guided meditation that I use to calm me down

  • Thanks for replying everyone! 

    See when I went to my GP she just prescribed hemorrhoid cream then I rang again (all telephone appointments) when the issue hadn't resolved itself, then when I rang again and she asked me to come down to the doctors and would see me in person so I expected maybe a finger examination but got nothing. She then referred me for blood tests and said she was referring me to a GI. I havent received the blood test results, and this was back in November! I'm hoping no news is good news?! But I've never had my stool tested. Yeah mine mucus is more some days and less the others but is always blood. It is always bright red, and always more when I have to force a bowel movement. Going out out my mind with worry but seeing other people have had the same really puts my mind at ease!

  • I've also been passing sometimes blood clots with stools. They won't be on stools they will just be in the water after I've finished. Has anybody experienced this before? 

  • Don't worry we are here to support you

    once my colonoscopy was done the blood stopped

     right red is a good sign they say because it could be a fissure 

  • Thank you so much for the advice and for replying my gp called today and they said at my age they won't give me a colonscopy and said my symptoms are due to consipation. I'm so upset I haven't stopped crying I know doctors are rarely wrong but I have such a strong feeling this is more than consipation I feel like they think because i'm young its not anything serious but I just know myself and how i feel that this is more than constipating especially since my stool is rarely hard. I just don't know what to do anymore I feel like the longer I go without colonscopy to be 100% sure the more anxious I will get and the worse my conditon will be.  I really don't know what to do but the waiting is agonising, even as i'm writing this i can't stop crying because I feel so helpless and stressed. 

  • Please please don't cry we are all here to support you

    if you feel so strongly about it get a second opinion and explain how you feel they do have to listen 

    on the positive they maybe right and it could be constipation that caused a fissure or tear and that's why there is blood

    please don't worry it will be ok x 

  • I'm sorry I thought I had replied to you I'm not sure if I sent the reply to the wrong person

    if I have I can only say sorry

    im going through a bit of a tough time 

     

    anyway please don't cry we are here for you 

    insist on a second opinion and insist that it would make you feel better 

    constipation can cause bleeding and fissures too 

    make sure you see your doctors for you to stop feeling anxious 

    on a positive note sometimes doctors know by your symptoms if it's anything to worry about

    we are here to help and listen

    x

  • Hi I hope everyone doesnt mind me joining. I have been reading the threat and wanted to get some support from people experiencing what I am.

    In 27 years old and been getting alot of mucus in my stool for a while now. I built up the courage to call the gp in November and I sent a stool sample and had blood tests. They both came back ok. Anyway the problem continued and in January/February I called back because I started to see blood in the mucus.  Sometimes I would just go to the toilet and it would be just mucus no stool. Other times it would be stool with very visible mucus. Then the bloody mucus aswell. So I have sent another sample off which has came back ok and had my bloods done which are ok but the notes said I need to be referred to the hospital which has worried me. I was abit shocked when they rang but I think they said it isnt IBS like the doctor said it could be. They said the doctor might call me but if not I should here from the hospital or somthing like that I just blanked out in panic when they rang. I think she mentioned have a procedure at the hospital because it's not normal these symptoms. I'm just really scared and anxious right now x

  • I am so grateful for your reply they have really made me feel better in this situation! thank you so much it means a lot.

    I am going to try the consptipation tablets and see how they go but if my abdominal pains continue I'm really going to press for a colonscopy.

     

    I hope everything works out for you and i am also here to support you! you seem like such a kind person and I'm really praying your symptoms goes away too 

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  • I am so grateful for your reply they have really made me feel better in this situation! thank you so much it means a lot.

    I am going to try the consptipation tablets and see how they go but if my abdominal pains continue I'm really going to press for a colonscopy.

     

    I hope everything works out for you and i am also here to support you! you seem like such a kind person and I'm really praying your symptoms goes away too 

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