Treatment advice for Constipation
- Liver stimulating herbs
- Digestive stimulating herbs
- Demulcant herbs
- Laxative herbs
What can I do to prevent Constipation?
- Include plenty of high-fiber foods in your diet, including beans, vegetables, fruits, whole grain cereals and bran
- Eat fewer foods with low amounts of fiber such as processed foods, and dairy and meat products
- Drink plenty of fluids
- Stay as active as possible and try to get regular exercise
- Try to manage stress
- Don’t ignore the urge to pass stool
- Try to create a regular schedule for bowel movements, especially after a meal
- Make sure children who begin to eat solid foods get plenty of fiber in their diets
- Diet changes
- Bowel detox program
- Laxatives surgery
- Medication to draw water into your intestines
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Advice for Constipation
What causes Constipation?
Constipation is when you fail to empty your bowls for 3 days or longer.
Constipation is when it’s painful to pass stool or your stools are hard.
Common causes of constipation are
- Changes to normal diet
- Lack of fibre
- Stress irritable bowl syndrome
- Colon cancer
- Medication side effects
- Hypothyroidism
- Nerve problems in the digestive system
- Pregnancy
- Overuse of laxatives
- Eating disorders
- Resisting the urge to poo
- Inactivity
- Lack of fluids
What are the symptoms of Constipation?
- Few bowel movements
- Straining when emptying bowls
- Not feeling like you have fully emptied bowls after going to the toilet
- Belly bloating
- Hard or small stools
How is Constipation diagnosed?
- Blood tests
- Physical test
- Digital rectal examination
- X-ray
- Sigmoidoscopy – a sigmoidoscopy looks at the lower part of your colon
- Colonoscopy – a colonoscopy looks at the entire large intestine
