mucus, help

In my experience, mucous is the last symptom to go. Be patient.

kazbern said...
In my experience, mucous is the last symptom to go. Be patient.

Thanks for your input. I have experienced several low and high recently. I rarely seen any blood but the mucous is always on the way.
I will try slippery elm bark powder enema next week. Hope it will help.
Also wish you health all the time.

Dave, I notice some white substance in the toilet the morning after using rectal medication. It's probably left-over medication that doesn't absorb. Mucous is usually present all the time and I don't think the best time to determine whether you have mucous is after using rectal medication. The left-over substance could easily be confused for mucous. Do you have this mucous all the time of only after using rectals? Are you experiencing other symptoms? Increased mucous is usually a sign that there is inflammation but some also notice it when they are healing so it's not necessarily a bad thing. Are you still going 5x a day? I aim for 1 or 2x a day, formed, no cramping, mucous or blood. It sounds like you're still dealing with a bit of inflammation, you may want to see about using rectal medication 2x a day. Enemas before bed and suppositories in the morning. Talk to your GI, 5x with occasional blood is mild but you want the inflammation to subside completely.

Thank you for the positive thoughts. I hope you continue to improve.

notsosicklygirl said...
Dave, I notice some white substance in the toilet the morning after using rectal medication. It's probably left-over medication that doesn't absorb. Mucous is usually present all the time and I don't think the best time to determine whether you have mucous is after using rectal medication. The left-over substance could easily be confused for mucous. Do you have this mucous all the time of only after using rectals? Are you experiencing other symptoms? Increased mucous is usually a sign that there is inflammation but some also notice it when they are healing so it's not necessarily a bad thing. Are you still going 5x a day? I aim for 1 or 2x a day, formed, no cramping, mucous or blood. It sounds like you're still dealing with a bit of inflammation, you may want to see about using rectal medication 2x a day. Enemas before bed and suppositories in the morning. Talk to your GI, 5x with occasional blood is mild but you want the inflammation to subside completely.

Thank you for the positive thoughts. I hope you continue to improve.

I haven't experienced any other symptoms. I passed very little blood once per 5 days (not 5x a day) in the last wek. For other BMs, everything seems fine, one BMs per day but with a wide range of mucus. I don't feel any pain all the time. I think you are right, inflammations are still there, from the amount of mucus.

I always have some after-effects of the enemas and suppositories when I use them.

I too almost always have enema "leftovers" the next morning. It isn't passed as liquid for me if its been in all night. It almost is like mucous but at this point I know the difference. I do still occassionally pass some mucous and I consider myself in remission (only 1-2BM per day). For me it may just be I ate something I probably shouldn't have which I tend to do more when I'm feeling good. :)

quincy said...
yes, but the OP isn't using Rowasa or any processed meds. Different relation.

If you are having mucous, it's actually a good sign..meaning your lining has enough integrity in it to produce mucous.

But, if you're having bleeding...is it around the stool, in the toilet, on the toilet paper..etc? clarify.

What's the consistency of the stool? is the mucous around or in the stool, alone in the toilet, etc?

q

When there is bleeding, sometimes it is around the last stool that I passed or on the toilet paper.

The stool so far is well-formed. Mucus always come out with the first stool that I passed.

quincy said...
So, it seems more inflamed in the lower part, irritated more by the stool passing through which touches along the area causing it to bleed.

Seems all is doing better...

Why are you not on 5ASA rectal meds?

q

In fact, I am living far from my hometown and seeing doctor in a different country is very difficult. Turmeric seems work and also the probiotic enema. I will continue using them.

Thanks.

Which probiotic are you using? is it E. coli Nissle? ... or some other probiotic? What is the strength, is it prescribed? How often?

Part of your immune system is still overresponding if there is a lot of mucous. But, it is also hard to know if the muchs response is the origianl autoimune (bad), or possible just the immune system response to the massive dose of good bacteria (temporary) - hey, it is still bacteria.

If I understand the expected result is that introduction of the probiotic will restore a balance in gut flora - possibly outcompeting bad flora for niche/nutrients. The whole probiotic idea seems to be that whatever got skewed in the immune system form the imbalance, will sort itself out with balance restored. At some point you should be able to stop the probiotic enemas and the re-balanced immune system will not flare. IS this more or less the theory?

What happens if you suspend the probiotic enemas for a while?

DBwithUC said...
Which probiotic are you using? is it E. coli Nissle? ... or some other probiotic? What is the strength, is it prescribed? How often?

Part of your immune system is still overresponding if there is a lot of mucous. But, it is also hard to know if the muchs response is the origianl autoimune (bad), or possible just the immune system response to the massive dose of good bacteria (temporary) - hey, it is still bacteria.

If I understand the expected result is that introduction of the probiotic will restore a balance in gut flora - possibly outcompeting bad flora for niche/nutrients. The whole probiotic idea seems to be that whatever got skewed in the immune system form the imbalance, will sort itself out with balance restored. At some point you should be able to stop the probiotic enemas and the re-balanced immune system will not flare. IS this more or less the theory?

What happens if you suspend the probiotic enemas for a while?

I am using Jamieson probiotic 10 billion. I use two cap in the morning enema and two cap in the nightly enema, sometimes I add 2-3 cap Vitama E each time. I began doing enema with taking turmeric 4 cap (1 cap =400mg) per day, which helps me get into 1BM per day, well-formed stool.

Maybe I should try also E. coli Nissle. Thanks for this.

I think some improvement surely comes from Turmeric. I just ordered slippery elm bark powder online and hope using this for enema will help a lot in soothing my colon and stopping bleeding.

I have heard that the Oregon oil will be helpful for UC. Is it something that you bought (food-grade oil)? Is there any benefit?

Dave, check out this link from the crohn's forum here at HW, it's from Brian M whom I met on another support forum years ago that I learned about the bee propolis from, he's been in remission from it ever since way back and he recently got in touch with me here at HW again to update and give more info...check it out...

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=17&m=2254244