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Constipation
Sir I have been suffering from constipation. How can I get rid of this problem.pls suggest me
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Constipation is symptom and not a disease.
Treatment is different for different types. Do you have to strain or is the stool hard or you feel your evacuation of stool is incomplete.
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* Fibre in diet by fruits.salads.vegetables
* fluids 1 litre for every 20 kgs weight
* increasingly activity, walking 30 mts twice a day
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Consult your doctor for a prescription. Generally two groups of medicine are given for hard stools....lactulose or PEG.
Prescription is needed for the same.
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Some natural way to tackle with hard stool / Constipation are-Take DABUR NATURE CARE ISABGOL HUSK- one big teaspoon in one glass of Luke warm water after breakfast and one after dinner daily for 1 month. Take plenty of fluids , salads in each diet. Get Flax seeds, fry it in a pan without oil, then put it in a mixi, make powder and you can take 1 teaspoon with jaggery morning and night after meal
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