Posts Tagged constipation relief
Written on November 9, 2011 by prodoctor
Filed Under: Health
There are a lot of vitamins, supplements, and medications that can cause you constipation issues. If you are noticing more and more constipation problems, it may be time to sit down with your doctor to talk about it and see if you can find a resolution.
We live in a time when chronic pain for one or another reason is the part of more people’s lives than ever before. With such a large number of people living on pain killers, one side effect the doctors usually get to see is chronic constipation. Pain killers, serious ones like narcotics, mostly act on receptors in our digestive tract. Once a narcotic drug hits the stomach, it doesn’t just bring pain to a standstill. It does it do practically everything; your bowel movement included. If you are on a regular painkiller and you find that you have to struggle with constipation, all you need is a mild laxative to help with the problem. There are times when even people on a regular aspirin or ibuprofen dose have trouble with constipation.
You can make a conscious effort to add more high-fiber foods to your diet as well as making sure you get those 8 glasses of water every day so you can better avoid needing constipation relief.
Written on April 18, 2011 by prodoctor
Filed Under: Fitness, Health
Let’s take a look at the details of the study. First, generally the age group of the people being studied was from 50 years old to71 years old. This is the age range when more and more health problems start to crop up. Being able to stay healthier, longer, once you’re in this age range is of vital importance to a long life.
So, how do you make sure you get this much fiber in your diet? Of course, a big portion of the answer is paying closer attention to what you eat and adding foods with fiber to your diet. Up the number of fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet as these are the best high fiber foods. Also, you should be eating more whole grains and cutting a lot of those processed white flour foods out of your diet. You can also choose to add a little bit of nutritional fiber supplements, things like psyllium husk, to your diet. Not only do fiber supplements increase your fiber intake but can also help you stave off things like constipation. Think of it as natural constipation relief.
Written on March 5, 2011 by prodoctor
Filed Under: Fitness, Health
If you are pregnant or preparing to be, you may be hearing a lot of horror stories about hemorrhoids that come with that pregnancy. Most of those stories are 100% true.
The process of pregnancy does a lot of things to a woman’s body and many of them will cause hemorrhoids symptoms and ultimately bleeding from hemorrhoids. Most of these piles come from the fact that no matter how much she tries, the woman just cannot get constipation relief.
The pregnant body acts differently. It slows down the digestion process. The idea is to be able to take in all the nutrients possible from each meal that is eaten as the body is now trying to support two lives. But this slowing process has some ugly side effects. You see, you need to keep the food byproducts that are moving through the body moist so they can process easily. But when the body slows down that digestive process, it starts to dry out and can slow down, leading to hemorrhoids symptoms. It’s just a fact of pregnant life.
Written on December 16, 2010 by prodoctor
Filed Under: Fitness, Health
Aside from dietary fiber which is considered a bulk-forming laxative, there are other types of laxative you can take for constipation relief.
Lubricant Laxatives. These laxatives contain mineral oil either in plain or in emulsified form. Lubricant laxatives help in constipation relief by staying in your intestines and coating stool particles. They also prevent the loss of water in the stool so the stool remains soft and easy to release.
Lubricant laxatives should only be used for short term constipation relief. The mineral oil it contains absorbs fat soluble vitamins and may lead to deficiency of these vitamins later on. Mineral oil can also lessen the absorption of certain medications such as warfarin and oral contraceptives.
Few people realize however that the best constipation relief available is by eating the right kinds of food necessary for a balanced diet.
