Constipation: Causes and Treatment.

in health •  7 years ago 

Walking into the toilet and taking a dump sounds so easy. Wait till you are constipated! Yesterday I had the mother of all constipation. My ass was literally on fire!

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What is constipation?

Simply put is when your feces hardens so much that it becomes difficult to expel. Talk about hard shit:)

Causes

Some drugs eg Narcotic (opioid) pain drugs, anti depressants, diuretics etc

Food we take especially when they lack fiber.

Physical activities: physically inactive older adult are at risk here.

Dairy product: some get constipated when they take milk

Dehydration: when you take enough water

Treatment

Sometimes it just self resolves by itself . If its recurring change of lifetstyle is needed then, more physical activities, drinking more water, taking food rich in fiber/ fruits like oranges, carrot, cucumber etc

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Or you can go the drug way as a kind of last resort.

Drugs include but not limited to laxatives, stool softener, fiber supplement, etc.

I just remembered that mine could be as a result of pain relieving capsule I took. Talk about a pain in the ass :)

But I'm ok now. Hehehe.

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  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Since I've been eating more fiber and drinking more water and exercising, I have had no problems.

Exercise plays a huge role in this

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Besides healthy eating, there are plenty of herbal teas recommended for constipation such as mint tea, chamomile tea, dandelion tea, burdock tea.

Thanks for your input, will surely consider that too.

Carrots are good. Milk or hot water does the job sometimes too lol

Milk is even said to aggravate it :)

probably..for some people yea.

Hahaha...really fun post :0) talk about hard shit. Not fun that u were constipated though but Im glad ur ok....lol

Very helpful. Constipation is a common experience. As a matter of fact I took my wife to hospital due to that and the doctor shocked me. She said that everybody experiences hard stooling one time or the other. But it depends on how you manage yours. Wow! I thought it strange before.

My daughter has problems with dairy This is a huge issue most people don't know or don't want to know about.

I hope she's ok now. Yeah, not an issue people pay that much attention to.

insightful post