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Get to know the stool color:
Constipation treatment and remedies
Treatment: Remedies:
● Bulk-building additives 1. Eat laxatives
(psyllium), bran- need 2. Drink a lot of water
drink fluid 3. Eat fruits
● Mild laxatives (apple or 4. Avoid coffee, tea, alcohol
prune juice, milk of 5. Eat food high in fibre
magnesia) 6. Drink orange juice
● Stool softeners – emollient 7. Daily exercises
laxative ( lactulose) 8. Positive emotions
● Potent laxatives 9. Routine bowel movement
(Dulcolax,senokot) 10. Don’t hold back stool
● Medicated suppositories
● Enemas
