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What Is Causing My Father's Loss Of Appetite And Constipation?
My father has constipation problem and a habbit of skipping or eating breakfast late.Last week after taking some "tarka" on tuesday his suddenly stopped stooling from Wednesday onward accompanied by vommiting and loss of hunger. He reported uneasiness on the upper part of the abdomen and had vommiting tendency specially after taking water. His B.P. rose to 180/100 and he experienced dizziness. LFT and TC/DC/ESR of blood test proved to be normal. Local doctor prescribed Izra D40, ALDO AT-50 and Festal N. Pressure has gone down to 150/90 but the dizziness, vomitting tendency, uneasiness of the upper midden part of abdomen and unwillingness to eat is still persisting. Pl help and suggest.
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Some advices that I can give to you are: -Drink more water. -Eat more fiber, especially soluble, non-fermentable fiber. -Exercise more. -Take Senna, a herbal laxative. -Eat probiotic foods or take probiotic supplements. -Take over-the-counter or prescription laxatives
Hope my answer was helpful. If you have any other question I’ll be glad to help. Regards, Dr.Dorina Gurabardhi General & Family Physician
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What Is Causing My Father's Loss Of Appetite And Constipation?
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Some advices that I can give to you are: -Drink more water. -Eat more fiber, especially soluble, non-fermentable fiber. -Exercise more. -Take Senna, a herbal laxative. -Eat probiotic foods or take probiotic supplements. -Take over-the-counter or prescription laxatives Hope my answer was helpful. If you have any other question I’ll be glad to help. Regards, Dr.Dorina Gurabardhi General & Family Physician