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What Could Be The Reason For The Bowel Movement Once A Week With Soft Stools And Take Two Days To Get The Feeling Of Bloating?

I am only having a bowel movement about once a week. It hurts at first and then to my surprise. The stool is small and soft not big and hard. It will take two more days to feel like I have completed this Bowel movement. Beginning to feel very bloated.
Wed, 20 Feb 2019
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Hello,

You may be suffering from IBS-C or constipation may be due to low fiber diet or sedentary lifestyle.

It may due to hypokalemia or paralytic ileum etc.

Until examination is done it is difficult to say what it is. Take a high fibre diet and avoid spicy food, alcohol.

Use tablet pantoprazole. Benefiber or Metamucil fiber for the bulk formation of stools.

If symptoms not improved please consult your doctor he will examine and treat you accordingly.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu, Internal Medicine Specialist
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What Could Be The Reason For The Bowel Movement Once A Week With Soft Stools And Take Two Days To Get The Feeling Of Bloating?

Hello, You may be suffering from IBS-C or constipation may be due to low fiber diet or sedentary lifestyle. It may due to hypokalemia or paralytic ileum etc. Until examination is done it is difficult to say what it is. Take a high fibre diet and avoid spicy food, alcohol. Use tablet pantoprazole. Benefiber or Metamucil fiber for the bulk formation of stools. If symptoms not improved please consult your doctor he will examine and treat you accordingly. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu, Internal Medicine Specialist