Suggest Treatment For Bloated Feeling With Nausea

Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2015

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Mon, 30 Mar 2015 Answered on

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Question : I felt very bloated, nauseous, and couldnt eat yesterday. I think im constipated. I drank a bottle of magnesium citrate at 7pm? 12 hours ago, and only had one dime-sized flake of poop come out. I had a bit of gas and burping but no bowel movement. Im preparing to use a fleet enema laxative. Why wouldnt magnesium citrate produce a bowel movement!?!?

Answered by Dr. Ralf Von Seckendorff (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Enema stronger laxative than magnesium citrate

Detailed Answer:
Dear patient,

In some cases magnesium citrate just isn't strong enough. So I do recommend taking the enema which is mostly effective. Also enough fluid intake is advisable and moving around/ walking to get the bowel movement active. However if this occurs more often or over longer periods of time i recommend doing a general health checkup to rule out any factors that might add to the problem for ex. hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormones) or others.

Hope this is helping you , if you have any clarifications you can get back to me, if this was helpful please kindly rate my answer.

Best regards

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Follow up: Dr. Ralf Von Seckendorff (7 minutes later)

The enema relwased a cup or so of chalky clay like stool. Is that normal? I rhought its be hard .

Answered by Dr. Ralf Von Seckendorff (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
can be normal, enema softens stool

Detailed Answer:
Dear Patient,

yes this can be a normal thing after taking an enema, since it softens the stool. You can also repeat it after a few hours to keep things going. Best regards

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