Cloudy stool? Big discharges of mucous?

[Crnalves]

Hi there, my boyfriend was diagnosed with UC in 2011 and all the symptoms he always experienced were diarrhea, big loss of weight and going plenty of times to the toilet. But recently the flare ups are not like that anymore, now he suffers with constipation, big discharges of mucous on the toilet (the water becomes cloudy) and when cleaning, the toilet paper is completely white. We wonder if anyone here had the same symptoms, because we can't figure out if this is related with UC or IBS/SIBO. We are waiting for the results of a stool test, but I would like to have more information while waiting. Thanks!

[WellySam]

Passing mucus is a common symptom of IBS but I cannot say whether it's a symptom of other causes

[Crnalves in reply to WellySam]

Thanks for your reply!

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Sounds fairly classic of UC. Thought it might be worth knowing that it’s likely you’d need to bring down the inflammation in hospital and then controlling it with medication, pentasa for example ( forgive my spelling with this med) it can also take quite some time for the hospital to get the maintenance dose right