Yet Another Question About Stool...

[fletchffletch]

A few weeks after starting the gluten-free diet, I began getting a lot of clearish fluid in my stool (had mostly normal stool before gluten-free diet -- asymptotic except for DH). Best way to describe it is kind of like saliva. I've read several post on mucous in the stool -- this could possibly be mucous, but it seems a lot thinner than what I consider normal mucous. Anyone else have this? It's probably an indication of something ("everything comes down to poo", ya know). I've been keeping a food journal for months and doesn't seem to be related to anything....

"It doesn't really matter if it's hard or if it's loose

We'll figure out what's ailing you, as long as it's a deuce!

Everything comes down to poo!"

"From the top of your head, to the sole of your shoe

We can figure out what's wrong with you by lookin' at your poo!"

[LuvMoosic4life]

I have had this mostly when I was eating gluten. SOmeties it would be with the stool, other times I would get the sensation to go and all that would come out was the mucous stuff, but like you said it is more like saliva, but thicker than water. I recently had this again while gluten free. it happens mostly wheni get constipated. I would really like to know what it is also! I'm almost thinking it is something our bodies make to protect the colon? especially in my case I was severly constipated, it literally was hard as a rock. I need to see a GI doc though becaue I also get blood from irritation...

ok I think I'm done with my poop descriptions LOL!

[fletchffletch]

it happens mostly wheni get constipated.

Now that you mention it, I get the saliva/mucous mostly during bouts of constipation as well. Interesting...

[Leslie-FL]

I'd forgotten about that . . . I used to get that quite often before I went gluten free, including the urge to go and there only being the mucus. Huh.

[AndrewNYC]

This thread made me barf.

[ShayFL]

Then you must not have children or pets.