Thick stools may be caused by factors such as high water content in the stool or the presence of mucus. It may be related to diet, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and intestinal inflammation, such as Crohn’s disease and colitis.
1. Improper diet: If you have recently consumed a lot of high-protein and high-fat food, such as meat, or consumed viscous food, such as glutinous rice, you may have sticky stools.
2. Gastrointestinal dysfunction: it is a general term for a group of gastrointestinal syndromes with dysfunctions of gastrointestinal motility and secretion, which is caused by autonomic dysfunction due to disorders of the higher nervous activity, which can be caused by mental tension, anxiety, excessive stress, etc. Without histological organic lesions, the symptom of viscous stools occurs during defecation.
3. Intestinal inflammation: such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites and other causes of acute and chronic intestinal infections, or inflammatory bowel disease Crohn’s disease, colitis and other related. Can cause the intestinal mucosa congestion, edema and other inflammatory reactions, exudate and secretion increase, causing the mucus content in the stool to rise, resulting in the performance of sticky stool.
There are many other causes of sticky stools, when the symptoms of sticky stools appear, you should pay attention to it, seek medical attention in time, clarify the cause, and follow the doctor’s instructions for further treatment or therapy.