PRESENCE

• MUCUS: TRANSLUCENT GELATINOUS material clinging to surface of stool.
• Presence of mucus in stools is produces by COLONIC MUCOSA in response to PARASYMPHATEIC STIMULATION.
• Mucus can be seen in SEVERE CONSTIPATION and MUCOUS COLITIS.
• Presence of mucus and blood in stools can be seen in ULCERATIVE COLITIS, AMOEBIASIS, ENTERITIS, BACILLARY DYSENTERY, and INTESTINAL TUBERCULOSIS.
• Mucus with BLOOD clinging to stool is seen in LOWER GIT MALIGNANCY and INFLAMMATORY LESIONS of ANAL CANAL.