Foamy mucus in stool is not necessarily colon cancer, but may also be caused by Crohn’s disease, chronic colitis, ulcerative colitis, gastrointestinal dysfunction and so on.
1. Crohn’s disease: related to humoral immunity, cellular immunity, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, measles virus infection, heredity and other factors, patients will have foamy mucus in stool, mainly manifested as abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss and other manifestations.
2. Chronic colitis: the disease is generally associated with infection, immunity, heredity, food allergies, defense dysfunction and mental factors, etc., the patient mainly manifests abdominal pain, blood in the stool, pus-like mucus stool and other symptoms.
3. Ulcerative colitis: patients suffering from ulcerative colitis, usually associated with the environment, genetics and intestinal micro-ecological factors leading to intestinal immune imbalance, intestinal mucosal barrier damage, patients mainly manifested as episodes of diarrhea, mucus, pus and blood stools, abdominal pain and other symptoms.
4. Gastrointestinal dysfunction: If the gastrointestinal abnormalities caused by social, psychological, biological, disease and other factors, resulting in patients with foamy mucus stool, common symptoms include acid reflux, belching, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.
It is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the diagnosis of the doctor, according to the patient’s specific condition performance, targeted treatment, life should develop good eating habits, reasonable diet.