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My Mother Is 80 Years Old And For Several Years

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Posted on Wed, 16 Aug 2023
Question: My mother is 80 years old and for several years has had an explosive bowel moverment almost every morning. Is this normal? If she is not near a bathroom it is awful because when she has to go, she has to go now! What can we do to help her?
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Answered by Dr. Ramesh Kumar (23 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Age related nerve fibres weekning

Detailed Answer:
Hello and sorry to hear about it, As we age our nerve starts up to degenerate(age related).
As nerve changes are irreversal changes and all this is indicating that nerve fibres are generating.
One can take multivitamin to try to delay the worse.
Thanks
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My Mother Is 80 Years Old And For Several Years

Brief Answer: Age related nerve fibres weekning Detailed Answer: Hello and sorry to hear about it, As we age our nerve starts up to degenerate(age related). As nerve changes are irreversal changes and all this is indicating that nerve fibres are generating. One can take multivitamin to try to delay the worse. Thanks