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Suggest Treatment For Constipation

I have a 28 years daughters had CP when she was 3 days old caused damage to her brain cells and she is in a wheelchair since then, she go through constipation every 2 to 3 weeks and that because she has no bowel movement as doctors told us, is there any medical treatment available to her?
Wed, 25 Feb 2015
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thank you for posting your query in healthcaremagic.com....

it is very unfortunate that your daughter suffered such terrible fate...
take good care of her....
and as for her constipation, do the following-

give her small frequent meals
avoid fatty or rich food and give more dietary fibres in diet
give syrup lactulose 4tsf daily before bed till her normal bowel consistency returns, if she again constipates, you can repeat the same....

hope that was useful....
regards
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Suggest Treatment For Constipation

thank you for posting your query in healthcaremagic.com.... it is very unfortunate that your daughter suffered such terrible fate... take good care of her.... and as for her constipation, do the following- give her small frequent meals avoid fatty or rich food and give more dietary fibres in diet give syrup lactulose 4tsf daily before bed till her normal bowel consistency returns, if she again constipates, you can repeat the same.... hope that was useful.... regards