Ongoing mucus problem year half later.

[mal444]

Hi. I posted about a year ago with this problem and had some help on here from members. Im 50 now and still suffer from it but not as bad. This all started a year half ago i suffered from bad gas all my life but woke up one day to fine it came with mucus and watery diarrhea very little. Spoonful.

I had FIT tests done. Bloods done. Abdominal ultrasound done. All clear. Rifaximin antibiotics. Various othet things for malabsorption. All to no avail.

It would happen every week or 2 weeks. Feel like i need to pass gas and then realise i was wet with clear mucus. No blood.

The dr said he did not know what it was. I paid to see a pvt gastro doc. He also said he thought it was inflammation of some kind but did not think it was serious. I changed my diet cut out gluten dairy wheat and yes my gas has got so much better. I take loperamide everyday..1 a day and its bulked me up in a good way. But i still get this mucus every now and again it will hit me later st night and follow through till i empty my bowels next morning then ok again

The nhs here refused me a colonoscopy because i had no blood or weight loss. Yes im a bit better but its still there and if anyone on here could tell me if they suffer from this condition i would be very grateful. Sometimes it is jelly that comes out sometimes its just slime a tea spoon size but this would happen every 15 mins or so till mext morning. I got so fed up with life i took bad depression because no one would help me. Thankfully im over that now.

Look forward to some of your replies.

[SadlyHIT]

I hope you get out of this soon. My 5 year old is currently going through the same problem. He is coeliac. His mucus was bloody however once. We have booked with the gastro. I have noticed that dairy really aggravates the problem. So I have cut off milk from his diet since yesterday. It seems to be helping since no mucous today.

[Batteria in reply to SadlyHIT]

I know lots of women who experience this. I’ve never asked a man. I don’t think it’s serious and your medic doesn’t seem worried. I don’t have it any more but a tampon in the rectum used to keep my underwear clean. Con amore Bx

[mal444 in reply to Batteria]

Thanks for the reply. I ate a pizza last night its to much of a coincidence. Came home and was excelling jelly yellow mucus. Not diarrhea. Really is just horrible to live like this now. Was it the pizza i dont know but i would have thought ok i have loose bowels fair enough but its not that. I wont get anywhere with doctors here so just have to keep suffering this problem. I might try a tampon.

[mal444 in reply to SadlyHIT]

Hi. Thanks for the reply. Ive been so busy so sorry for the late reply. Well i had a few weeks of no symptoms but last night i was expelling jelly with gas again. The strange thing is i went out for a pizza a few hrs before and did order the the gluten option but maybe it wasnt. Well i suffered for sure. Not diarrhea at all just jelly. It really does make me fed up with life as this has been going on a year and still no help from doctors. Could it have been the pizza

[Batteria in reply to mal444]

I think this would have happened whatever you ate. Your bowel needs a rest and time to regulate itself. Try complan for a few days instead of food. Con amore Bx

[Batteria in reply to mal444]

That pizza may have still been in your stomach digesting in the normal fashion and the jelly may have been sitting there in the lower bowel for some time and was ready to be expelled. It is not what you DO eat that causes the disturbance; it is what you DO NOT eat. Look up fermented foods and start eating them. This will repopulate the gut with the right chemicals and things will start to improve. What have you got to lose? I haven’t seen mucus for years and I had it big time. What have you got to lose? Buona fortuna Bx

[Meleber in reply to mal444]

could be the (amount of) fat in the pizza or the ingredients like non digestible fibres

[mal444 in reply to Meleber]

It could be but im totally lost whats happening to me. Is that possible within a few hrs of eating something?.

[Meleber in reply to mal444]

Hi, I don't know. You could try to eat less fat and see if it improves.

[Batteria in reply to mal444]

How does anyone know whether these symptoms would have occurred even if nothing had been consumed? I am beginning to think timing of meals is more important than content of meals. Serotonin levels play a major part in digestion and need to be researched. Study as much as you can and become a know all like me. Con amore Bx

[Smeese]

I sympathise. I also improved dramatically when I cut out gluten and dairy and the mucus problem disappeared. I was told it is natural and just your bowel trying to protect you from something going through - I wanted to know what the 'something' was - I'm a huge believer in prevention over cure. I developed joint pain and sometimes a feeling that I couldn't get a deeper breath - blood tests and general health checks (oxygen etc) came back pretty much perfect. Too cut a long story short it turns out I get a build up from the almond milk I used instead of dairy - it was fine when I first started but I was using too much of it. I've switched to a basic organic oat milk and so far it is working much better. I know now that cutting out basics has to be done carefully but heaven knows when my appointment with the dietician will finally come through.

[mal444 in reply to Smeese]

Hi smeese. Thanks for the reply. Ive been moving house so sorry for the late reply. Yes i agree with the gluten side of things and dairy. I had a few weeks symptoms free then bang last night i felt it when i got home. I went out to eat and did order gluten free pizza but my suspicion is i did not get the correct order. Even though doctors said im not celiac i think gluten plays a big part in a this. No pains or anything but felt the gas build up and expelled it and knew straight away i felt wet. It was yellow jelly. This went on for a few hrs then cleared and been toilet this morning and normal stool. Its not diarrhea its just small amounts of yellow mucus. Im at the end of the road with all this now. No help at all for me and its really getting me down now.

[Batteria in reply to Smeese]

Do you take lactase tablets? I do and now any kind of milk is tolerated. Con amore Bx

[mal444 in reply to Batteria]

Hi. I havent tried those but take almond milk which seems to be ok for me. I will give anything a go to be honest

[SadlyHIT]

Wishing you a speedy recovery! Stay strong. If where you ordered pizza from they also bake gluten it might have been cross contamination as I have experienced the same with my son. Ordered gluten free and it got cross contaminated as when we came home he kept needing to go to the toilet. Also maybe increasing your water intake . I read dehydration can also play a role. If you are able to try intermittent fasting. Hopefully if the intestines are acting up they would get a chance to heal.

[mal444]

Yes it could be cross contamination but it could also be something else. No one knows exactly whats wrong with me and i really dont want to pay private for cameras at this point in time. I will really try and be strict on thos diet

[mal444]

Hi everyone. I finally had my colonoscopy last Friday after waiting nearly 2 years to get one here. It was a breeze. No pain. Just the awful bowel prep was horrendous I still had diarrhea going into the endoscopy unit but luckily my colon was empty and they could do it.Everything was clear. No polyps. No cancer. Nothing wrong at all. They took biopsys to test for microscopic colitis or inflammation that cant be seen with the eye.

I was very pleased but here i am a week later and still got my symptoms. Been up all night with a tissue at my back end releasing sticky clear mucus. It has cleared up for now but it will be back with vengeance. What on earth can i do now. Its a lost cause and feel really down and depressed.

Has anyone got any advice please to help me