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What To Do For Constipation In An 80 Yr Old After Different Medications Have Failed?

Hello, my mom is 80yrs of age, blind, she s not very mobile. Her promblem is that she doesn t have a good bowel movement, always feels bloated. we ve tried differents things which helped abit but not enough (don t have the names of pills with me), and she is taking medication for different reasons. Thank you
Tue, 11 Feb 2014
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hi
you are saying that your mom has difficulties with bowel movement.
it could be from her age and poor physical activity.
I would like to advice using
plenty of water
fruits and vegetables
She can try to use Colace or lactulose or linzess.
hope they will help her
dr.Klerida
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What To Do For Constipation In An 80 Yr Old After Different Medications Have Failed?

hi you are saying that your mom has difficulties with bowel movement. it could be from her age and poor physical activity. I would like to advice using plenty of water fruits and vegetables She can try to use Colace or lactulose or linzess. hope they will help her dr.Klerida