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Constipation
Published in Charles Theisler, Adjuvant Medical Care, 2023
Constipation is when bowel movements become infrequent or difficult to pass, typically due to hardened feces. A person can be considered to be constipated when bowel movements are less than three times per week and result in passage of small amounts of hard, dry stool. The stools are hardened because food is traveling too slowly, and/or the colon is absorbing too much water from the fecal material in the colon. Constipation can cause a feeling of lower abdominal discomfort or bloating in addition to hard or lumpy stools. Constipation can also alternate with diarrhea.
Meeting personal needs: elimination
Published in Nicola Neale, Joanne Sale, Developing Practical Nursing Skills, 2022
Constipation is a common condition with multifactorial causes. People with constipation can experience various uncomfortable symptoms including headache, bloatedness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting (Kyle 2011a). Chronic constipation with faecal impaction is the most important cause of faecal incontinence in frail, older people as the bowel produces mucus to try to soften the hard mass of faeces causing overflow (Kyle 2010).
Prenatal Care
Published in Vincenzo Berghella, Obstetric Evidence Based Guidelines, 2022
Gabriele Saccone, Kerri Sendek
Exercise, increase in water intake, dietary counseling, and certain foods (e.g., prunes) have shown relief in constipation. If these self-help measures are inadequate, the pregnant woman should then try daily bran or wheat fiber supplements.
Therapeutic effects of Bombax ceiba flower aqueous extracts against loperamide-induced constipation in mice
Published in Pharmaceutical Biology, 2023
Liuping Wang, Shiyuan Xie, Xuan Jiang, Caini Xu, Youqiong Wang, Jianfang Feng, Bin Yang
Constipation is a common digestive tract disease (Liu et al. 2020) mainly caused by intestinal disorders, which is associated with infrequent bowel movements (Yin et al. 2018), altered bowel habits, difficulty during defecation and disappearance of defecation intention that causes discomfort and seriously affect the quality of life of patients (Wang et al. 2017). Some studies suggest that multiple plant extracts are attracting attention nowadays because of their laxative and there is hardly any side effect on constipation (Gilani et al. 2000; Han 2015; Lu et al. 2021). Moreover, according to the traditional Chinese medicine theory, the B. ceiba flower is cool-natured (Zhang et al. 2015), and is regarded as having laxative property (Shahat et al. 2003). BCE is an aqueous extract from B. ceiba flower, and our study suggests that BCE has a positive effect on relieving the symptoms of loperamide-induced constipation mice.
Recommendations and best practice on the management of hemorrhoidal disease in Saudi Arabia
Published in Hospital Practice, 2022
Mohamed Zaki El-Kelani, Raouf Kerdahi, Samir Raghib, Mohamed Ashraf Shawkat, Naser Abdelnazer, Ishag Mudawi, Magdy Mahmoud, Wassim Abi Hussein, Mohamed Tawfik, Waleed Wahdan
Lifestyle modifications (same as above).Avoiding constipation.Using MPFF (e.g., Daflon 500 mg) to decrease pain and recurrence.Using combined analgesia for 5 days of paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and opioids.Using laxatives to ensure a soft and regular bowel movement.Post-operative rehabilitation for wound healing and improving the quality of life of patients with defecation problems [25], starting with patient reeducation on muscular synergy (chest, abdomen, vertebral column, and perineum) [26].
An introduction to the Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for the Elderly in South Africa
Published in South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021
Carin Napier, Heleen Grobbelaar, Wilna Oldewage-Theron
Ageing affects the motor and sensory functions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract resulting in the elderly having a higher susceptibility to GI complications of co-morbid illnesses.47 Specific age-related GI changes affect the oesophagus and colon specifically. These include reduced peristaltic pressure in the oesophagus leading to dysphagia, gastroesophageal reflux and reduction in colon motility causing constipation.47 GI problems, such as diarrhoea and constipation, are common among the elderly. Rates of almost 50% for the elderly older than 55 years and 70% for those in nursing homes have been reported. Constipation is mainly caused by medication use, certain diseases such as diabetes and irritable bowel syndrome, blunted thirst mechanisms that may result in too low fluid intakes, less responsive intestinal muscle movement, declining cognitive function that may result in the elderly not recognising the urge to defecate, and low-fibre diets due to chewing problems.48 The GI tract has an important role in maintaining homeostasis of many physiological processes such as ensuring adequate digestion and absorption of nutrients.49 A healthy and well-functioning GI tract is associated with life satisfaction whereas diseases of the digestive system have been associated with a higher symptom burden that negatively affects the general health of elderly people. Furthermore, research has found a higher prevalence of anxiety and depression among those elderly who have GI symptoms.50