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Doctor insights on: What To Do For Impacted Bowels

Depends: Depends on a few factors. See your MD for advice Read more

Depends: Having constipation or being full of stool should not cause swelling unless the swelling is your belly. If you mean swelling in you arms and legs then there can be multiple reasons for why this is happening. Please see your doctor for more answers. Cheers. Read more

Depends..: Recovery from surgery depends on many different factors. Was your surgery minimally invasive? Open with a large cut? Did they remove any bowel? Depending on these answers recovery could be from 1-6 weeks or more.. Read more

Relatively safe: Increase your daily fiber as well as your water in take. Exercise as well. This will all help with your bowel schedule Read more

Enema: Usually severe constipation that is refractory to colase or other rx stool softeners may benefit from several enemas. Read more

Constipation: Colon impaction from chronic constipation can cause all types of abdominal bloating & discomfort. Straining to have hard bm will cause pain & rectal bleeding. Diarrhea can be an attempt at the body trying to eliminate the excess bowel waste. Drink more liquids, eat more fiber, try MiraLAX (polyethylene glycol) laxative. See a doctor for an exam & discussion of treatment options. Read more

Not enough info: I would recommend he see his primary care doctor or a gastroenterologist to help evaluate this further. Upper abdominal pain can be due to many different things, including gastritis/ulcers, gallbladder disease, constipation, irritable bowel, etc etc. Feel free to reach out to me if I can help your dad in our Sandy office. Read more

Impaction is likely.: Please call your doctor to determine the best cleanout protocol for you based on your medical history. Read more

Possible: You could check yourself with a glove to find out. Try NaturalCalmcan get on internet it's a magnesium product you can titrate till you pass the lumps. Be sure they come out because diarrhea will pass an obstruction. Then when clean you cN back odd untilyou have banana shaped stool without straining Read more

Depends on cause: It is nott clear what is causing the blockage at the ileocecal valve - tumor, inflammation with or without scarring, infection, intussusception, twist (volvulus). In any case, the surgical approaches include open surgery or minimally invasive (laparoscopic or robotic). More than likely, part of your ileum (distal small bowel) and part of the right colon, will be removed and the ends reconnected. Read more

Laxatives may help: If you mean you had a stool impaction, this is usually from severe constipation. This can be due to such things as narcotics or a motility problem. In some situations reducing narcotics with some laxatives may help. If it is related to chronic laxatives, you should see a specialist to help your bowel function. Read more

Get seen: I am wondering whether you have diverticulitis, and in any case, a physician's office visit is in order. Read more

? stricture: From your history you seem to have some type of inflammatory bowel disease. The stricture may be a result of this disease process. Often the surgery is a segmental resection. However, if you have crohn's disease, this may cause the disease to become involved in the area of bowel adjacent to the resected tissue. Read more

No: That us not a side effect of colonoscopy. That sounds like something more serious. You should get to an emergency right now and have them take a ct san of your abdomen. Read more

Constipated?: If you are constipated- drink at least 8 8 ounce glasses of water per day. Try to get in 5 servings of vegetables and 4 of fruit per day along with other foods which are high in fiber. Get regular physical activitiy. You may need to consider use of an over the counter laxative. Read more

IBD is not IBS: If by "inflammed bowels" you mean inflammatory bowel disease, such as crohn's & ulcerative colitis, it is an over expression of the immune system that causes not just problems with the colon, but sometime diseases of the upper GI tract and surrrounding organs. Genetics, environment, ethnic origin all play a role in "flaring" the disease. Distinguish: infection, ischemia, from symptoms of ibs. Read more

Relaxation of bowels: We have been endowed with the gift of bowels to excrete what is waste in the body and what can cause harm to the body. If we are tense, if we hoard things, obsessed with control. We are not relaxed, nor are our bowels. If we have constipation of ideas, feel stuck, and our bowels may not be relaxed. Feeling relaxed, taking things in stride, accepting things, we can not change wii relax the bowels. Read more

Water and fiber.: Eat fiber rich foods like prunes and drink more water. Read more

Hydrate, fiber: A diet high in fiber, and being well hydrated is key for good healthy bowels. Also, try to avoid foods that maybe make your bowels unhappy. Good luck! Read more

CRC: Thin stools, often referred to as "pencil thin" stools can be associated with colon cancer. Individuals with risk factors or those who are over 50 presenting with this condition should undergo evaluation for colon cancer. Other etiologies are possible, but must consider crc first. Read more