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Suggest Treatment For Fecal Impaction
Hi, my bowels are very impacted and I think it s because of my transition into a whole foods-plant based diet. I put in a suppository about an hour ago and nothing has happened. I also haven t eaten today because I don t want to impact myself further and I don t know what to eat. Please help? Thanks.
Mon, 23 Mar 2015
Various methods of treatment attempt to remove the impaction by softening the stool, lubricating the stool, or breaking it into pieces small enough for removal. Enemas and osmotic laxatives can be used to soften the stool by increasing the water content until it is soft enough to be expelled. Osmotic laxatives such as magnesium citrate work within minutes - 8 hours for onset of action, and even then they may not be sufficient to expel the stool.
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