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Why constipation?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
I've had a dose of severe constipation and resorted to eating lots of fruit and bowls of bran flakes. Its helped but by Christ its now given me a liquid stream. I suppose it'll sort itself out.

Why do you get constipation in the first place?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    having a crap diet normally
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Tweety wrote:
    having a crap diet normally

    Haha. That amused me, I don't know if its intentional or not :p

    But yes. Poor diet is one of the main causes.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    And don't forget to drink at least 2 litres (8 glasses) of water every day.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I drink loads of water during the day and have an average diet and I still sometimes suffer with it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    MoonArcanum wrote:
    Haha. That amused me, I don't know if its intentional or not :p

    But yes. Poor diet is one of the main causes.
    lol i didnt think about it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Constipation and diarrhea can be a symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Check out this article on it.

    IBS     :wave:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The Murt wrote:
    Constipation and diarrhea can be a symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Check out this article on it.

    IBS     :wave:

    They are not always symptons of IBS. I have IBS so I know why I sometimes suffer from the two and I know what triggers them too.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i sometimes get them both at the same time. :grump:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thanx The Murt. Reading your link I think describes what I've got.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Tugger wrote:
    Thanx The Murt. Reading your link I think describes what I've got.

    Well if you IBS then maybe something you are eating triggers it off. I know cheese and fatty foods trigger mine off.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think in my case its fast food, I probably eat too much of it, in fact I live on it, that plus curries.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ~kaz~ wrote:
    Well if you IBS then maybe something you are eating triggers it off. I know cheese and fatty foods trigger mine off.

    i have no idea what trigger mine. how do you work it out? i have ibs and mainly goes on the constipated side and i swear it drains the life out of me.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    wee wuman wrote:
    i have no idea what trigger mine. how do you work it out? i have ibs and mainly goes on the constipated side and i swear it drains the life out of me.

    Well I worked it out by eating something and then if it tiggered an attack then I knew that that food had caused it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    not enough fibre isn't it?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ballerina wrote:
    not enough fibre isn't it?

    Fibre is good to keep your bowels working properly.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    wee wuman wrote:
    i have no idea what trigger mine. how do you work it out?
    Keep a diary of what you eat for a while and see if there is a pattern with certain food triggering it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ballerina wrote:
    not enough fibre isn't it?

    not enough fibre doesnt cause ibs, its not known what causes it but fibre can help with the digestive process.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Stress, bad diet and certain foods can trigger it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sugar wrote:
    not enough fibre doesnt cause ibs, its not known what causes it but fibre can help with the digestive process.
    i was talking about constipation, not ibs
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ballerina wrote:
    i was talking about constipation, not ibs

    ah, sorry, just read your post wrong :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Fibre helps with constipation.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Tugger wrote:
    I think in my case its fast food, I probably eat too much of it, in fact I live on it, that plus curries.


    curries? shouldn't that make you go not make you constipated?
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