What is the cause of purulent mucus in stool?

Stool with purulent mucus may be caused by bacterial dysentery, inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer and other diseases.

1, bacterial dysentery

bacterial dysentery is caused by shigella infection of the intestinal diseases, infection will cause intestinal inflammation and ulcers, so that purulent mucus in the stool.

2, inflammatory bowel disease

inflammatory bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, patients due to intestinal mucosal damage to form ulcers and intestinal motility disorders, purulent mucus stool.

3, colorectal cancer

refers to the occurrence of malignant tumors in the colon or rectum, patients due to intestinal mucosa continued to cancer cell infiltration, so that it occurs damage, purulent mucus stool.