Mucus / Pus

Interesting. That isn't what I'm seeing, it will be interesting to see what others say.
I knew there was info here about yeast, I've been doing some research and reading.

That's what I wondered from the beginning. When the yeast thing came up I didn't know for sure.
Completely liquid. I had the mucus gel pieces before I was diagnosed and started meds.

Actually mine is more liquid too, I think. I guess I should take a closer look. It's so disgusting though! I really look forward to the day I just have a normal poo and don't have to go inspecting...

Laughingduck, I've never had a yeast infection either. I said the same thing to my doc. I guess my vagina has great flora, unlike my gut ;)

You guys are normal, I HAVE taken pictures and magnified them. My husband couldn't deal with giving me a second opinion live, in person so he requested I take pics. I'm so glad I don't have to study my poop anymore.

That's good to know!

i would say my mucous looks more like snot globs.
my cloudy stuff is just particles floating.

those pix look longer and more stringy than i see


butt pus... healing. makes sense to me!!

I did some more looking online for my cloudy liquid/water in the toilet bowl accompanying son of my poo. Amazingly I could not really find anything about the Cloudiness. And read the wonderful post and links from PK. (Most of it all.. still work in on it)
I am thinking that the Cloudiness is indicative of infection some how. i do have a pretty strong case of c.diff right now. But also it seems the cloudiness only accompanies not very productive bathroom trips. When i barely make it to the toilet seat before exploding... i am much less likely to see the cloudiness. But then i do see mucous, etc.
Im going to keep "investigating"
I even got ballsy and did many a Google image search... and could not find what I am trying to describe.

I've been reading a lot from PK's posts. I fried my brain!
I've looked at pics too, that takes a little nerve. I have not found the cloudy "vapor" ??? I don't know if that word better describes it? :/
The day I noticed it and started this thread, it was an "as close to normal BM" that is possible. I've had looser poo and D today, toilet water is clear with looser til I flush. D was straight liquid. I haven't seen that in awhile.
I did see on toilet paper after D some goo that I think I saw in one of the pictures. It was very light brown/tan goo so maybe mucus, no stringy anything, ... I'm thinking, really??? Fungus/yeast??? and this is surprising me, why I don't know!

Hmmm, well there's one similarity then, lol, since your mystery cloudy white liquid came after a two day no poopin spree! That's when I see mine! I've been holding stable too, so if it were a sign of worsening I'm sure I'd be worse by now, but I'm not.

darn embers, you're skewing the results, lol! Hooray for no blood though! My GI appointment is in a few days now, I will give him the third degree about the white butt ooze and update y'all later.

Toomuchpoopin

Best I can come up with is its more healed then an open, bleeding ulceration, but still ulcerated. In theory, the mucosa should be a rather quick healing part of the body, I often wonder about biofilms and how they contribute to this not quite healed, not quite sick stage.

Laughingduck, I dunno.. I have a hard time believing you've been tested for everything. There are less then a handful of labs in this country that are not automated where a live person looks at specimens and gets to the bottom of what they see. You will not get a positive yeast test from a mainstream lab unless you are like, an aids patient as "they" do not believe yeast can be an issue unless you are very very very sick.

I have had recurrent issues with yeast, no matter what I try to do to help it (daily yeast infection tablets, etc.). I get recurrent yeast infections, not only vaginally (inside)... but on the outside of the vagina too (due to the discharge coming out and irritating the fragile skin) and even in odd places like the crack of my butt (Obviously, yeast can grow in any moist, damp area... yes, including the butt crack)! So I get very painful open sores in between my cheeks because of the yeast that comes out through having a BM. LOTS of yeast problems here!

In fact, I have wondered in the past if CANDIDA overgrowth is a lot of my problem-- causing many of my widespread symptoms! It is VERY common, especially in women and can eventually cause symptoms similar to fibromyalgia and other chronic diseases.

I think it's a simple test at the doctor to see candida overgrowth; however, it's tough for me to get to a doctor w/o having insurance at the mo.

An at home test is to put water in a CLEAR glass/ cup in the morning right after waking up (when your saliva is fresh)... spit into the water (give it a good wod of spit). Wait about 10 minutes, go back to it... and if the water is clear, you don't have yeast/ candida problems. But IF you DO have candida overgrowth, you will see little streams of stringy mucus dancing around and floating in the water...! I have done it and I have A LOT of the stringy mucus streams "dancing" around. Also, I think the further down they reach, the worst your overgrowth tends to be. Mine almost hit the bottom of the (long) glass!!!

Anyway, that's why I think perhaps some of these "butt secretions" as you say, may be yeast-related (in my case anyway). I KNOW that I have a lot of problems with yeast and that it is, indeed, secreted from my bum-- because I get yeast infections that lie right around there.

So some of the IBD mucus may certainly BE yeast-related in many cases. Seems plausible, but who knows!

Eden