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My husband passes painful hard stool once or twice a month. how can it be treated naturally? what may be the cause of this.
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Diet: Most of the time hard stools indicate lack of fiber in diet, best treatment is to make sure that one eats more fruit / vegetables and plenty of water and also less red meat. Also stool softners like colace (docusate sodium) or fiber supplement like metamucil helps to bulk up the stool and makes it easy to pass.
Answered 1/16/2018
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