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Suggest Remedies For Prolonged Constipation In Spit Of Taking Medication
my girlfriend has been constipated for 10 days. She has been eating a high fiber diet for the last 7 days, took stool softeners for 3 days, and the emergency room perscribed magnesium citrate, which she drank today. She has had a small movement but not enough to amount to anything. She is supposed to go to the doctor tommorrow if she doesnt have any success but I am concerned because she has vomited and she is pale off and on. Does she need to go to hospital tonight?
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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I really appreciate your concern, first ask her no need to over conscious it does not matters if does not pass the stool for days (If no pathology is there) constipation is just a physiological condition most of the time and not the disease unless proved, she has to drink more water even in absence of thrust, have more fiber containing diet and more important is keep regular habit for defecation (Latrine ) even if she do not want to that still she suppose to go it and sit there for while, no need to apply any force no matter if dose not pass the stool but such habit need to be continue every day, hope this information helps.
Well come to HCM
I really appreciate your concern, first ask her no need to over conscious it does not matters if does not pass the stool for days (If no pathology is there) constipation is just a physiological condition most of the time and not the disease unless proved, she has to drink more water even in absence of thrust, have more fiber containing diet and more important is keep regular habit for defecation (Latrine ) even if she do not want to that still she suppose to go it and sit there for while, no need to apply any force no matter if dose not pass the stool but such habit need to be continue every day, hope this information helps.
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