Seek immediate medical attention for severe symptoms, such as blood or mucus in stools, intense pain or cramping, or persistent nausea or vomiting.

EXCLUSIVE: Doctors mistook my colon cancer symptoms for 'exhaustion' and 'hemorrhoids' A Missouri woman who has ... in the GI tract. Stool covered in a white or yellow mucus could also indicate ...

Constipation is a concern if bowel movements are hard, infrequent, contain blood or mucus or seem to be causing pain. Diarrhea can be more difficult to detect because a baby's stool is naturally ...

A University of Manchester test on the mucus lining of the intestine, performed in mice, has found changes in bacteria that could lead to inflammatory bowel disease 12 weeks earlier than previously ...