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A member asked:
What to drink when you are constipated? your poop is just right there but would not come out. and it hurt where is at. or should go to er?
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Water: No need to go to the er. Maybe your family doctor, but not er. Try this. Drink three liters of water over the next hour and see what happens.
Answered 4/5/2016
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