WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2000: Re: mucus,blood in stool

Re: mucus,blood in stool

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:46:08 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Allison wrote: >
>Last night I would feel like I needed to pass gas and I would pass a
>small amount of watery stool, almost like diarrhea. It was brown in
>color but seemed to contain a yellowy mucus with possible a tiny bit of
>blood in the mucus. I don't feel nauseous or vomiting or having
>cramping. It happened about an hour and a half after I had eaten some
>pizza. It happened a few times last night and gradually it did not
>contain any more mucus. Is this something I should worry about? For the
>past few months I've had some minor pain on my lower right side that is
>usually relieved by passing gas but my gynecologist thinks it's an
>ovarian cyst and has switched my birth control from Alesse to Ortho
>Tri-cyclen. This is my first month on ortho. Could this cause the
>mucus? Please respond because I'm a bit of a hypochondriac and I'm
>scared this is something very serious.
>
>Thanks you.

As long as it has only occured that one time, I would see how things go. If it recurs, I would certainly see a physician. The new pill will NOT cause these symptoms... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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