 [ Symptoms ] alzheimer is 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 is are blood and mucus in stool just part of normal disease progression in alz [ Disease ] yes