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Suffered A Bad Fall. No Compressions Shown In Back Xray. No Bowel Movement, Constipation. Will Probiotic Help Without Causing Diarrhea?

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Posted on Thu, 24 Oct 2013
Question: Two weeks ago I suffered a bad fall, landing very hard on my bottom. Xrays showed no compressions in my back...for one week I did not have any bowel movements, but was having trouble finding pain relief that didn't give me nausea.
Finally settled on tylenol and that took care of the nausea. started eating somewhat regular meals but constipation developed. I have since that time, taken ducolax which basically gave me relief but went all the way to diarhea...am trying to figure out if taking a probiotic would help without causing the diarhea to return...its now been 3 days...I would like to not let it get that extreme again...before the fall I was pretty regular...I am 71...
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Answered by Dr. M Y Shareef (49 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
A prokinetic drug along with a probiotic may help.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX ! Good morning. I am Dr Shareef, a general surgeon answering your query.

As your pain is gradually getting reduced, and you are ambulatory with a normal X XXXXXXX report, we can possibly exclude any chances of a compression or fracture. You developed constipation initially due to your pain in the back following the fall on your bottom, and once developed, it takes some time for it for getting back to normal.

I will not advice you regular laxatives as these may create problems for you as you already have experienced once. Instead, I would suggest you to take a lot of roughage and enough liquids in your diet as the nausea has been taken care of. Addition of a prokinetic agent may help you solve the problem, but as it is a prescription drug, I suppose you have to consult your family physician for the same. Taking a probiotic is no harm, and may also help you upto some extent. You may go for a mild suppository (gluycerine suppository) if need be at times.

Continue taking your other usual drugs and vitamins which you are on. At the same time you may consider about a mild daily routine exercise within your medical limits after consulting your family physician who has been treating you for so long, and knows about your ability to perform exercises better than I do over the net.

I hope this will help you in solving your problem. If you have got any other doubt, please feel free to ask.

Thanks for choosing XXXXXXX for your health queries. Wishing you an early solution to your problem. Dr Shareef.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. M Y Shareef (19 minutes later)
Thank you for your help...I will go ahead and take the probiotic now and consult
my PC before resorting to anything else. I am able to be more active every day now that the back pain is subsiding...
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Answered by Dr. M Y Shareef (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Good luck.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX ! Nice to hear from you so soon. It was nice interacting with you. It is good to know that you are reverting back to your normal day to day activity.

Thanks and good luck.
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Suffered A Bad Fall. No Compressions Shown In Back Xray. No Bowel Movement, Constipation. Will Probiotic Help Without Causing Diarrhea?

Brief Answer:
A prokinetic drug along with a probiotic may help.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX ! Good morning. I am Dr Shareef, a general surgeon answering your query.

As your pain is gradually getting reduced, and you are ambulatory with a normal X XXXXXXX report, we can possibly exclude any chances of a compression or fracture. You developed constipation initially due to your pain in the back following the fall on your bottom, and once developed, it takes some time for it for getting back to normal.

I will not advice you regular laxatives as these may create problems for you as you already have experienced once. Instead, I would suggest you to take a lot of roughage and enough liquids in your diet as the nausea has been taken care of. Addition of a prokinetic agent may help you solve the problem, but as it is a prescription drug, I suppose you have to consult your family physician for the same. Taking a probiotic is no harm, and may also help you upto some extent. You may go for a mild suppository (gluycerine suppository) if need be at times.

Continue taking your other usual drugs and vitamins which you are on. At the same time you may consider about a mild daily routine exercise within your medical limits after consulting your family physician who has been treating you for so long, and knows about your ability to perform exercises better than I do over the net.

I hope this will help you in solving your problem. If you have got any other doubt, please feel free to ask.

Thanks for choosing XXXXXXX for your health queries. Wishing you an early solution to your problem. Dr Shareef.