been constipated this week tried to go today cant push feels like its stuck worried it might be a fecal impaction any advice?
have you got anything to soften your poo with like a laxative? if not try something like prunes to soften your poo with, being bunged up is painful! see if you can use something, fruit might help but not hard fruit!
Use glycerin suppositories. They give you relief within 10mins
tried laxatives and a suppository this is why im worried
i have and nothing thats why im worried
Try Mov i col (macrogol). But you'll need to be patient as it can take a couple of days to work. It's my go-to for constipation these days.
Glycerine suppositories never work for me, and most laxatives and stool softeners - including lactulose - just cause terrible cramps but don't produce results. I also find that fibre laxatives just add to the discomfort, also without producing results. Ditto for upping my already high daily intake of natural dietary fibre.
However, we're all different. You'll need to experiment to find what works best for you.
thanks so you dont its anything like fecal impaction? normally suppositorys work also took laxatives
see either boots or Sainsbury's or a chemist tomorrow. if you take fybogel you can take up to 8 in a day! it might initially make your bowels loose, but it's trying to shift whatever is in your bowel, don't leave it, i did and ended up in hospital!
I hate irritable bowel syndrome because it makes me sick
I don't know. However, impaction implies that there's a large, hard stool in your rectum, and in this case suppositories usually work.
In my own case, the hold-up always occurs in my colon, which is why suppositories and enemas don't work for me. I recently had a CT scan, which showed that my colon was loaded with stool and seriously distended, and I believe this to have been the case for most of my life. This is why macrogol works best for me.
However, we're all different. Have you had a CT scan or even a straight X-ray to establish whether or not your colon is overloaded?
It's impossible to predict what will work for any particular individual. We all have to find our own way through these problems.
had one a few months ago and said it was full of poo then does macrogol have any side effects and is in tablet form
yeah it sucks and is uncomfortable
yeah ive taken four laxido today and suppository hopefully that will help not sure how long they take do have some fybogl but sometimes they work straight away and other times they dont can you take fybogel with laxido?
yea
I'm afraid everything has side-effects of one kind or another! However, in my case macrogol has the least side-effects.
It doesn't come in tablet form. In my part of the world it comes in sachets of powder which have to be made up with water and drunk (and it tastes pretty foul!) However, I gather that in some countries it comes ready-mixed. Never in tablet form though, as the dose is too big.
You'd need to ask your pharmacist about the dose, bearing in mind your loaded colon. Mine advised that in my circumstances I could take up to 8 sachets per day for a couple of days. However, the entire daily dose has to be taken within a period of six hours. In any case, it's best to start with one or two sachets, then wait a couple of days to see whether you have results.
And NO to another of your questions. It's never advisable to combine laxatives unless told to by your doctor.
The main side-effect I got from macrogol was very loud gurgling from my guts. But then I'm not used to hearing anything from that department as I've had a sluggish colon all my life so it was probably just normal! Unlike most laxatives, it caused absolutely no cramping. However, when the 8-sachet dose finally kicked in, two full days after taking it, the effects were pretty spectacular and came on without much warning.
The one IMPORTANT thing to remember if you're going to take macrogol, fybogel or any other laxative that acts by drawing water into your stools is that you have to DRINK PLENTY or they won't work. In fact, if you don't drink enough when taking a fibre laxative like Fybogel it can make matters worse. This means an absolute minimum of two litres (four pints) per day. And this can't be alcoholic or any drinks that contain a lot of sugar, as both act as a diuretic, further depleting your body of fluid.
I'm afraid we're all on our own when coping with our bowel problems. You can pick up a few tips on a site like this, but nothing beats careful experimentation and finding out what works for you.
Don't strain too hard. Try a stool,softener/laxative or try lots of fruit. When my IBS was at its height, I found prune juice and oranges helped me.
I found Movicol was slow to work and you have to watch how long you take it because it can make your stools too loose. However, I did get some relief.For me, the best laxatives are natural ones such as fruit.
thanks tried took another suppository and got some out how do you know if you have it all out
Sorry to butt in, but from my personal experience you'll never know if you "have it all out", and you'll probably never succeed anyway. Here's an example.
I periodically have massive bowel movements, quite spontaneously with no laxatives or suppositories, producing copious amounts of very large, soft stools. Not at all impacted, but this is normal if the hold-up is in the colon rather than the rectum.
This happened to me two months ago. By pure coincidence, it started on the day before I had my CT scan. (This was a straight scan, so no prep.) I had seven or eight of these huge BMs during the afternoon/evening, then it all kicked off again at 5 the next morning - the day of the scan - continuing every half-hour or so till 3pm. I was worried, because my scan was due at 4.30 and I thought it might happen again on the table! (Fortunately it didn't.)
After all that, I expected the scan would show up very little in my colon. In the event, all three sections - ascending, transverse, descending - were abnormally distended and full of faeces - even after all those BMs. On looking at the results, my GP said he'd never seen anything like it, and admitted he had no idea what to do about it either. I suspect my colon has always been in that state, as I've had bowel problems since birth.
I put myself on macrogol after that, and I'm now having more frequent BMs, but I'm under no illusion that I'm anywhere near clearing my colon.
When you start going to the loo normally and your stools are not hard, small and pellet like, is a good indication you are no longer constipated. It may be a gradual process to empty your bowel depending on how constipated you are.Be content with getting small amounts out first. Try not to worry. When I was badly constipated, I learned to accept it would take some time for my bowel to reset. I read that it can take up to a month for this to happen. This was how it was for me.Keep using the suppositories since they are helping and give it time.