Im CONSTIPATED!!!?

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Im 14 years old, female.
I eat the same diet as the rest of my family, but am the only one with constipation problems.
Its not that I have trouble pushing the poo out, its that I am very irregular.

At the moment, it has been 5 days since I have ‘properly’ released my bowels. Today I did a pencil thin stool. Mum called our doctor, who suggested moving my laxative does to 8 a day. Ive already tried laxatives and they just dont work for me.

The left side of my abdomen is cramping, and when I did the small stool before, there was mucus all around it.

I am still releasing gas.

Could this be a partial obstruction? I think I need to see a doctor, but mums going by what the other one said.

Please help, what do you think this is?

I eat good, drink enough and exercise A LOT!!!
I have had bouts of constipation like this for ages!!!!

The mucus around the stool is from the soft fiber in the laxative. You may need more hard fiber in your diet. How much fruit and vege do you eat? Maybe you should up that to three serves of fruit and five or six serves of vege.

I would recommend getting a second opinion from another Doctor at a different clinic. Another good idea may be to see a dietitian rather then a GP.

Good luck and hope this helps

Suffering from Chronic Constipation?


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