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Suggest Treatment For Frequent Constipation And Abdominal Bloating
Question: My44 year old daughter has issues with frequent constipation, abdominal bloating with distension and discomfort. She has tried increasing fiber in her diet, drinking additional fluids during the day, stool softeners, etc. She states that she feels like she has a knot in her upper abdomen when she is distended-it is firm by the way. She has had a colonoscopy, MRI with Barium enema with no outstanding results. She has been on many different meds-the latest was Lynzess which only seem to help for a short time and then the symptoms reooccur. She has to resort to taking a laxative weekly to get things moving again and reduce the bloat. She is even on an antidepressent to relax her colon.
Any thoughts please? She works in a high stress environment and is currently a single mother.
Any thoughts please? She works in a high stress environment and is currently a single mother.
Brief Answer:
ODS (obstructive defecation syndrome)
Detailed Answer:
Hello, went through your daughter's problem of constipation.
To reduce the bloating, she has to be selective in her diet. You can google foods that cause bloating.
Also the normally present bacteria in our large intestine are responsible to break down food and produce gas. Please visit a colorectal surgeon Proctologist for a course of gut clearing antibiotics followed by pro biotics to increase the good bacteria in our intestine.
Constipation in mothers of this age with stressed conditions is due to ODS (obstructive defecation syndrome)
She may need testa like Anorectal Manometry & MRI Defecography to prove the ODS. Once the diagnosis is clear then there is a surgical cure for the same.
Please visit a Proctologist.
Would be happy to answer any further querries if required.
Dr. Pravin Gore, exclusive colorectal surgeon & Proctologist, bhatia hospital & Apollo spectra hospital, XXXXXXX - XXXXXXX
PILES & CONSTIPATION HELPLINE +91 983355.0858 or email on YYYY@YYYY
ODS (obstructive defecation syndrome)
Detailed Answer:
Hello, went through your daughter's problem of constipation.
To reduce the bloating, she has to be selective in her diet. You can google foods that cause bloating.
Also the normally present bacteria in our large intestine are responsible to break down food and produce gas. Please visit a colorectal surgeon Proctologist for a course of gut clearing antibiotics followed by pro biotics to increase the good bacteria in our intestine.
Constipation in mothers of this age with stressed conditions is due to ODS (obstructive defecation syndrome)
She may need testa like Anorectal Manometry & MRI Defecography to prove the ODS. Once the diagnosis is clear then there is a surgical cure for the same.
Please visit a Proctologist.
Would be happy to answer any further querries if required.
Dr. Pravin Gore, exclusive colorectal surgeon & Proctologist, bhatia hospital & Apollo spectra hospital, XXXXXXX - XXXXXXX
PILES & CONSTIPATION HELPLINE +91 983355.0858 or email on YYYY@YYYY
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