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Good morning doctors! help panicking! i haven't defecated in a week. could i have fecal impaction? i can pass gas. could it be cancer? could you please offer suggestions? i will be seeing my dr?
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Doctors can examine: Each person with constipation needs to be sure there is no other disease causing it. If constipation is just due to slow movement of the food and poop through the gut, then the things to try are vegetables, water, fiber with water, prune juice, prunes, polyethylene glycol, Senokot or other senna, milk of magnesia, other laxatives... A doctor can evaluate to check for anything serious.
Answered 9/14/2020
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