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I have had bad constipation for a while and cant tell if i had a normal bowels movements or dihhoera it came out quite fast and doesn't look like dihhoera but felt like i was could this just be me having constipation for a while and not being use to?
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Can call Dr on video: A constipated college-aged person 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, prune juice, prunes, fiber-plus-water, Miralax (polyethylene glycol), Senokot or other senna, milk of magnesia, other laxatives... Serious problems tend to be rare in this age group.
Answered 10/18/2020
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