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Have Alzheimer And Diarrhea. Prescribed Codein And Acetaminophen. Can I Take Her To Emergency?

My 80 year old mother who has had alzheimers for 12 years now has had diarrhea for 4 weeks now. She lives in a care facility and some of her her meds were switched to liquid meds (liquid calcium, multivitamin, codeine and acetominophen). She is not getting better. I am terrible worried as everything is eating which is not much is going right thru her. Her doctor who comes into the home is fairly new to her, but is only in the home 2x per week and many days are going by in-between. I am considering taking her into emergency so something will get done. Is that a good idea or shall I continue let them try to figure it out even tho its taking too long in my mind.
posted on Mon, 6 May 2013
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Hi,



Thank you for posting your query.

Diarrhea for four weeks needs evaluation. Common causes could be an infection, impacted stool, intolerance to the diet, etc. An evaluation by a gastroenterologist and stool examination would be helpful.

Please get back if you require any additional information.



Best wishes,



Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)

Senior Consultant Neurologist

Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,

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Have Alzheimer And Diarrhea. Prescribed Codein And Acetaminophen. Can I Take Her To Emergency?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. Diarrhea for four weeks needs evaluation. Common causes could be an infection, impacted stool, intolerance to the diet, etc. An evaluation by a gastroenterologist and stool examination would be helpful. Please get back if you require any additional information. Best wishes, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My email: drsudhirkumar@yahoo.com