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Suggest Remedy For Problem In Bowel Movement
I have a 93 year old who I think has a bowel blockage, she was on lisness (?) for a while but shedoes not have a BM in 3 - 4 days and then only small liquid, she has a lot of mucuse beigh in color, her daughters refuse letting her go to the hospital for x-ray Hospice brought an x-ray machine in and said she has lazy bolen, suggested I put her on a BRATS died, whichI did but she has lost a lot of weight, and seems to stay hungry, I try to get as much liquids into her that I can but she fights me over that, but she will eat any solid food I gie her, what can I give her to increase or even to get her bowels moving at least a little.
Fri, 27 May 2016
Hi Dear !! Thanks for your query to HCM .
Read and reviewed your query and health concerns.
You seems to suffer from -Impacted feaces with spurious diarrhoea,with brown mucus.BRAT diet is not going to help.
Remedy-
Give Seitz bath to relieve ano-rectal spasm x 2 time a day
Give warm water with lemon
Give Black tea with lemon
plenty of Fruit juices but avoid solids,which would add loads to the impacted feaces.
Movicol sachet x 2-3 sachets 3 times a day -maxi 8 sachets a day x for 8 days.It increases the bulk and is to be given in chronic constipation.
Weight loss and dehydration are the challenging factors for the doctor to treat the chronic constipation of 4-5 days seen in your grand Mother's cases.
Mannual removal in case-the debility of your grandmother demands it, needs to be kept standby in such cases.
Hope this would help you to plan further care of this complex illness of yours.
If need be, update any health issue 24 x 7 by a direct question to ME, at following HCM link-
Dear, if satisfied,Don't forget to close this query with YOUR pleasing feedback comments to rate this reply and service, to boost the morale of incoming Emergency patients like YOU, at HCM services.
If you want to update more details and ask more update queries ,
You are most Welcome herewith !!
Good Day!!
Wishing Good Healthy Life in time to come!!
Dr.Savaskar M.N.
Senior Surgical Specialist
M.S.Genl-CVTS
Read and reviewed your query and health concerns.
You seems to suffer from -Impacted feaces with spurious diarrhoea,with brown mucus.BRAT diet is not going to help.
Remedy-
Give Seitz bath to relieve ano-rectal spasm x 2 time a day
Give warm water with lemon
Give Black tea with lemon
plenty of Fruit juices but avoid solids,which would add loads to the impacted feaces.
Movicol sachet x 2-3 sachets 3 times a day -maxi 8 sachets a day x for 8 days.It increases the bulk and is to be given in chronic constipation.
Weight loss and dehydration are the challenging factors for the doctor to treat the chronic constipation of 4-5 days seen in your grand Mother's cases.
Mannual removal in case-the debility of your grandmother demands it, needs to be kept standby in such cases.
Hope this would help you to plan further care of this complex illness of yours.
If need be, update any health issue 24 x 7 by a direct question to ME, at following HCM link-
Dear, if satisfied,Don't forget to close this query with YOUR pleasing feedback comments to rate this reply and service, to boost the morale of incoming Emergency patients like YOU, at HCM services.
If you want to update more details and ask more update queries ,
You are most Welcome herewith !!
Good Day!!
Wishing Good Healthy Life in time to come!!
Dr.Savaskar M.N.
Senior Surgical Specialist
M.S.Genl-CVTS
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