Stool is foamy, mucus. What's going on?

Stool is foamy mucus may be associated with indigestion, enteritis, chronic pancreatitis and other diseases.

1, indigestion

When food in the intestine can not be fully digested and absorbed, the food residue will not be digested by intestinal bacteria decomposition, resulting in gas and other metabolites, resulting in stool is foamy, mucus appears in the stool.

2, enteritis

intestinal inflammation stimulation, intestinal mucosa will secrete a lot of mucus to protect themselves, and pathogens produced in the metabolic process of gas can make the stool bubble formation.

3, chronic pancreatitis

will affect the normal digestion of fat and protein, and then lead to stool texture changes, with mucus.