I havenot gone #2 in 3 days, I am constipated? What can I do? Please help me!?

Question

Hey all, I have a prob, a big one. I have not gone to the restroom, well #2, poopedin 3days. Today will bethe 3rd day and geeze it is worrying me, any suggesstions??

Answer 1

Fiber-con tablets work very well. They work in about 24 hours and are natural. Drink a lot of water to help flush out your system.

Answer 2

The natural way...get yourself some prune juice. Heat 4 ozs in the microwave (or on the stove) and drink it. Follow this with 4 ozs of water (or more). Do this every morning for 3 days straight and you will regulate your bowels. This is a good thing to do every other morning for the rest of your life. Not only do you get a lot of vitamins, but you get the added benefit of never being constipated! If you are really 'plugged' get a disposable (Fleet) enema at the store. It is good for immediate relief. Taking laxatives is not good for your health and may cause you problems with irregularity. Eating a good fiber cereal (oatmeal, bran flakes, etc.) is also a good way to stay regular. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Hello. My mom has the same problem but more seriously! She only goes once a week if she does not use the followng items. Try Periolace. You can find it at pharmacy. Take 2 (50 mg= 100) or 1 (100 mg). There is Stool softener with stimulative laxative also at the pharmacy. YOu can also have Papaya (the fruit) or drink prune juice. Add fiber to your diet. If worse comes to worse, try Fleet Enema or call your doctor. I hope this helped.

Answer 4

Check with your doctor who often orders thyroid tests and a barium enema to rule out obstruction. Usually these tests are normal and you need to correct your diet. Eat whole grains and stop eating foods made from white flour.

The pain of constipation is usually caused by gas stretching your colon where it has been blocked by hard stool. Food is turned into a soup in your stomach and remains that way until it reaches your colon, where water is absorbed and stool is formed. If you don't drink enough fluid (water)or eat enough fiber , the stool rapidly turns into hard stones.

Eating low-fiber foods, such as bakery products and pastas (breads, rolls, pastries, bagels, pretzels, noodles and spaghetti) causes hard stool, while eating fiber-rich foods, such a fruits, vegetables, whole grains and beans, keeps everything soft. Coffee can cause colonic contractions (8). You should drink some fluid with each meal, but taking extra fluids does not cause soft stools because any extra water is absorbed from your colon into your bloodstream and just causes you to urinate more (7). If you drink enough water and eat lots of fiber-rich foods and are still constipated, you may have nerve damage and need to be checked for diabetes. Laxatives can interfere with absorbtion of nutrients and will not solve the problem (4). The antibiotic, erythromycin (5), the gout medicine, colchicine (6) or the stomach medicine, prevacid can be used to treat constipation that does not respond to dietary changes.

Answer 5

Yes, you are constipated which could stem from any number of causes.

Like already suggested, take fiber suppliments. Exlax will make you go to the bathroom for a very long time. Fiber on the other hand will just help you digest properly and move everything out in a normal time frame. I would also suggest increasing your daily fiber intake even when you are not constipated to prevent it from happening again. Simply eating a bowl of cereal everyday will help.

Answer 6

1) Exercise - running/jogging
2) Prunes and/or Prune Juice
3) Fiber - boiled collards, turnip or mustard greens
4) Coffee ( works for some people )
5) Oatmeal and Orange Juice or Bran and Honey in hot water or even bran and BEER.
6) Metamucil
7) Castor oil, mineral oil or olive oil
8) Rhubarb ( stewed)
9) Sauerkraut juice

Answer 7

If this is a serious question -- try light corn syrup or castor oil first - like two tbsps. Next try a "gentle laxative - like Senec#t. If you've never used these before make sure you're near a lavatory within a few hours after you do - no long drives in the country.

Answer 8

go to the drug store and buy a small enema kit and some senna laxatives. go on and take 2-3 of the pills tonight and do the enema. take the pills for a couple of days to make sure you are cleaned out real good. watch what you eat cause this can cause constipation. you can reach me at [e-mail] if I can help you any more..good luck

Answer 9

yes you can go to your local Drugstore, Kroger,wal-mart's they all have it, its a bottle of Liquid that you drink, it's a 10 oz bottle,it comes in Lime, and i think Cherry flavor. ide go with the lime of the Two. but be somewhere close to a bathroom, because no more than 30 minutes after taking it, it will clean you out!, just look in the areas that have e-lax and other meds for the problem, its a bottle, just cant think of the name, it is cheap in Price also about $2.00 for the bottle.good luck

Answer 10

Take milk of magnesia soon. You're going to get very sick if you haven't already. The milk of magnesia works in a couple of hours. Follow the instructions on the label. If you don't take enough, nothing will happen. If you take too much you may not make it all the way to the toilet.