i didnt defecate for 5 days already, i'm sick worried, what should i do besides going to doctor.?
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ROTFL look dude, i am a nurse. calm down okay..no it is not good to have not had a bowell movement in 5 days but not quite life threatening yet,,first of all, do you or someone you know have a stethascope? if so, listen to where your bowells are if you hear no gurgling and rumbling then you have hypoactive bowell sounds..which means constipation.or could be a twisted bowell, but you would know if you had this (pain). try this.warm some prune juice in an 8 oz. glass. pour 60ml of Milk of Mag. (4 tablespoons) mix it all together and drink it down. tomorrow morning you should feel much better. k..good luck.
oh, if nothing happens after 7 days go to the dr. could be impaction. with this the symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting usually bile. you would know if you were impacted..just try this or a soap suds enema with about 1000ml of water. they sell these otc..good luck dear.
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Take a laxative or stool softener. Try prune juice, and drink more water.
Your friend is wrong. You run the risk of "impaction" where the system basically shuts down. That's a dangerous condition. You'll wind up in the emergency room where a nurse will have to literally dig the stuff out of you. It's not pleasant.
You need more fiber in your diet. You need to keep yourself hydrated.
Drink a bunch of water. Don't eat much. If it hasn't resolved itself by tomorrow morning, go to a doctor immediately.
It is not normal,
If some of the over the counter items have not helped, please see your doctor quickly
LMAO!
Relax for one. Drink lots of water and Prune Juice.. if nothing happens take 2 tablespoons of mineral oil or castor oil if that still doesnt cause something to happen, use a laxative such as Ex-Lax or a suppository.
its sick but mineral oil will clean you out. had an uncle did the same thing. but going to the doctors is the best bet.
stool softeners, coffee, prune juice, lots and lots of water, walk. Your body never absorbs everything you eat but if you eat very little, that is not an unusual thing, though that little nutritional intake is unhealthy. If you are not feeling cramped and constipated, you are not taking in enough, if you are, try some of the treatments I and some of the others have suggested.
Indeed see a doctor. You may be impacted already, in which case laxatives may do more harm than good, by dehydrating you without relieving the condition.
Take a laxative first and then if you still need a doctor go see one.
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