Funny smelling stools

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Hiya

When I have a ‘ normal’  mild pain bowel movement, and there’s not much of it, my stools are browny yellow, mucousy, and the weirdest thing, is it smells exactly like menstrual blood!

Anyone else have this?

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  • Posted

    Hi

    Yes, same happens to many of us...Smell can be linked to mucous. Do you have ibs background? Have you seen gastro to eliminate other risks?

    I had similar symptoms and had my colonoscopy..came clean.

    Regards

    • Posted

      Hiya

      Yes, I’ve had colonoscopy which came back clear, aside from polyps, which were removed there and then...

      Gp is a bit dismissive...

      ‘ It’s IBS - deal with it basically’

  • Posted

    My stools were grey and very slimy with an oily cover. Which showed I could not digest fat. Try a 40-45 gram fat diet a day and see what happens. 
  • Posted

    By the way a Colonoscopy is not the right investigation for this. Why not go for a seCAT scan for Bile Acid Malabsorption.

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