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What Causes Lower Abdominal Pain While Having Constipation?
Question: lower abdominal pain when i flex abdomen. Havent had much bowel movements. Havent pooped in 2 days.
Brief Answer:
Fecal impaction is the likely cause of pain.
Detailed Answer:
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A fecal impaction is a solid, immobile bulk of human feces that can develop in the rectum as a result of chronic constipation. A related term is fecal loading which refers to a large volume of stool in the rectum of any consistency.
Start taking Syp. Lactulose 10-15ml once daily before going to bed. It is one of the most frequently used laxatives, tolerated very well by patients.
Add Metamucil/Fybrogel to your regimen. It's a natural laxative containing husk. It absorbs water from the intestine and swells up making passage of stool easy and add bulk to stool.
If not relieved take Polyethylene glycol-electrolyte solution to empty the colon. PEG-ES is in a class of medications called osmotic laxatives. It works by causing watery diarrhea so that -the stool can be emptied from the colon.
If still not relieved then take an enema.
As stool would pass pain would go away.
Regards!
Fecal impaction is the likely cause of pain.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for choosing HealthcareMagic for your query.
I've gone through your details.
As per your queries answers are--
A fecal impaction is a solid, immobile bulk of human feces that can develop in the rectum as a result of chronic constipation. A related term is fecal loading which refers to a large volume of stool in the rectum of any consistency.
Start taking Syp. Lactulose 10-15ml once daily before going to bed. It is one of the most frequently used laxatives, tolerated very well by patients.
Add Metamucil/Fybrogel to your regimen. It's a natural laxative containing husk. It absorbs water from the intestine and swells up making passage of stool easy and add bulk to stool.
If not relieved take Polyethylene glycol-electrolyte solution to empty the colon. PEG-ES is in a class of medications called osmotic laxatives. It works by causing watery diarrhea so that -the stool can be emptied from the colon.
If still not relieved then take an enema.
As stool would pass pain would go away.
Regards!
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