Blocked up bowel and chronic constipation

My husband loves liquorice and had so much of it in one go that it literally had the undesirable affect of clearing him out in a big way on board a ship once! The hazard team were called and hubby was quarantined for fear of his symptoms being norovirus. He was tested but it wasn't. But he happily stayed "in quarantine" in case guests queried why he was let off the hook soon. It was sea days so it was fine.

Liqurice helps me if I'm constipated.

Get your daughter to eat it and see if it moves things. Not the allsorts liquorice though as it is too sugary.

I would suggest she needs to be seen as soon as possible. Possible effect of being so constipated is a burst bowel which could lead to sepsis or a stoma.

Lactose is good but is an osmotic laxative so must be taken with plenty of water. Micralax micro enema too. Good luck

Hi. I have had great difficulty in this area! A Gastro Consultant suggested I might try Psyllium Husk Fibre. from Solgar 500mg. Tablets.
It works very well. A natural product and comes in a powder that you can put on cereal/yoghurts/ or whatever you think she can eat. Maybe investigate. Not nice for her to be in such distress.

PS. I bought from Amazon but also Holland & Barratt possibly stock. Google it for more information. Good Luck in your quest.

Try lactilose from the chemist. It’s gentle and always works.

Seek medical help now.

Doesn't work for me at all.

I had two days in hospital due to effects of co-codamol and dehydration caused an bowel blockage Awful pain and experience! Prune juice is good to begin with plus lactulose and plenty of fluids ! Sort out the meds!!

Lactulose works (eventually) for me, but last week I found a pouch of puy lentils at the back of a cupboard. I made myself a big bowl of them plus chopped beetroot and spring onions, and topped off with some grilled halloumi cheese. Gosh! I "went" for England!! So if your daughter would eat something like this, it might help.

I suffer with this. My GP told me to eat 7 prunes a day and this has worked. I mix them into yoghurt or porridge. If I miss a day I notice the difference.

I recently had a bout of food poisoning . Since then, I have something like IBS - constipation. So I’ve started having a few prunes daily

I had this a while ago after being prescribed some strong painkillers.

I hope all will be okay with your daugher.

It is the most uncomfortable thing I have ever experienced - I was desperate to go but no matter how long I sat on the toilet my bowels wouldn't move!

My husband and all his extended family really struggle to go without a really large laxative and refuse to leave home if they don’t go. They eat fruit, fibre and so on but never feel the need to go. I have no interest in bowl habits and unfortunately go every day at 10. Are they overthinking it?

Overthinking - I too am master at overthinking my bowel habits 😂

while it's alright to take something strong to completely empty your bowel.
if you take a gentle laxative everynight you can turn everything into 'sludge' that will not move along the intestine as it should, this can cause impaction! happened to my brother.
I have a 'slow transit bowel' and go every three days.. I had to swallow some capsules which they traced through me. I eat cauliflower a lot now and resist taking 'something ' to hurry it up unless nothing after three days. just my thought on the subject

My S is at this moment taking my GS to the Dr.
He suffers greatly from constipation.
He is autistic so his very limited diet causes this and it is very hard to persuade him to eat healthily.
He is now having bleeding so needs to change.
I am curious as to what will be said/done.

I had a lot of problems after surgery. The post surgery medication plus inactivity caused awful bunging up symptoms. I initially took Dioctyl. Gentle and did the trick. I now have a daily dose of Clean Greens from Rheal superfoods. Amazing stuff. A good intake of water and exercise - walking - gets the system moving too!

gulligranny

Lactulose works (eventually) for me, but last week I found a pouch of puy lentils at the back of a cupboard. I made myself a big bowl of them plus chopped beetroot and spring onions, and topped off with some grilled halloumi cheese. Gosh! I "went" for England!! So if your daughter would eat something like this, it might help.

Beetroot is really good at getting things moving!

Podula I hope your daughter is more comfortable by now.