### Human:\nalzheimer's disease late stage blood in stool part of normal alz disease process or something else? . mom 85 late stage alzheimers on home hospice. in the past week she has had increasing amounts of blood and mucus in stool. she has been treated long-term with antibiotics for recurring uti and was hospitalized 9 weeks ago after hip pinning surgery. at first glance i thought c dif but no frequent diarrhea! i am asking for clarification as to why "symptom checker". came up with alzheimer's. are blood and mucus in stool just part of normal disease progression in alz?\n\n### Assistant: hi have good read down this link it could help you. <link> common_medical_problems_in_alzheimer. pdf just copy into google to the www. to open and read do hope this helps you. good luck