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What Could Constipation Post A Stroke Attack Suggest?

My Mother Regina had a stroke about 2 or 3 years ago. Since that time she is now 89 years old. She has been putting on weight, rapidly and She is Constipated or suffered from Constipation all her life, however she always kep her weight constant between 122 to 128 pounds and she is approximately 4 11 ( four feet and eleven inches tall) she was born in Lithuania 4-23-1925, and when world war ll broke out she and her sister and brother were starving in Germany, until my dad met her and saved her life. My question is she is rapidly either unable to have a complete bowell movement, and suffers from constipation #1 or Number #2 she has an impacted bowell and is unable to have normal bowell movements, and her stomach is bloating, and she does not like to eat vegetables or salads. She prefers to eat protein, being from germany, and having faced starvation, she has some type of phobia to fresh vegetables and or salads. What is your interpretation of here condition?
Fri, 28 Nov 2014
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After the stroke,if she is bedridden for long time then sluggish bowel movements might lead to constipation. Then she has to take fresh fruits more and plenty of liquid orally.she has to avoid fatty and oily food. And she has to take green vegetables In any form in more quantity
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What Could Constipation Post A Stroke Attack Suggest?

After the stroke,if she is bedridden for long time then sluggish bowel movements might lead to constipation. Then she has to take fresh fruits more and plenty of liquid orally.she has to avoid fatty and oily food. And she has to take green vegetables In any form in more quantity