What should I do if the liquid in my stool looks a little like snot?

Stool fluid somewhat like snot may be mucus in the intestines, which may be caused by bacterial dysentery, intestinal polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, and so on. It can be treated with medication and surgery according to the cause. 1. Bacterial dysentery: It is an intestinal infectious disease caused by Shigella bacteria. Due to its infection, it stimulates the mucus in the intestinal tract and leads to an increase in secretion, which leads to the phenomenon of snot-like stool. Antibiotics can be used according to the results of drug sensitization, commonly used drugs are ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, ceftriaxone, azithromycin, trimethoprim and so on. 2. Intestinal polyps: they are a kind of bulging lesions protruding from the surface of intestinal mucosa to the intestinal lumen. Due to stool pressure and stimulation of the intestinal tract, there may be increased mucus in the stool, mucus and blood stools and changes in bowel habits and other phenomena. Intestinal polyps without contraindications can be endoscopic polypectomy, endoscopic mucosal resection, polyps within 30cm from the anal verge can be resected by sigmoidoscopy. 3. Inflammatory bowel disease: including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, which can cause severe and persistent inflammation in the intestinal tract, stimulate intestinal secretion of mucus, resulting in mucus stool. In the acute phase patients tend to present with more significant diarrhea. In addition, the stool liquid is a bit like snot can also be seen in other diseases, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition.