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If it is severe use magnesium citrate
If he gets loose stools use magnesium glycinate
Give this daily.
Try Swiss Kriss. It is really gentle, and works very well.
Swiss Kriss Herbal Laxative Tablets: https://a.co/d/jaQKewH
Now if that does not work, then wait 48 hours and next time increase all portions by an ounce..3oz MoM, 3oz prune juice and 5 oz warm water. Again same caveat he may get the urge rapidly more than once until he is cleaned out.
You can add about a teaspoon of apple sauce to it if he cannot tolerate just the two.
Going every other day is quite normal in the elderly.
In addition to getting up and walking, I found that hot liquids, e.g. coffee, tea and hot water, help my insides relax so they move through the system a little better.
Personally, I would stay away from laxatives.
...and I don't know if this applies to your situation, however, my brother started noticing he had constipation a lot. At first, vegetable soup helped, then he started using Benefiber in addition to the vegetable soup. When Benefiber, no longer worked, he went to the doctor and they found out that he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. It didn't show up in his bloodwork and no other signs other than he was constipated and it was getting worse. They found the cancer with xrays.
So if your Dad hasn't changed his eating or his "exercise" and the constipation seems to be getting worse, please see a physician to see if there is a reason for his constipation.
I’m not a doctor and this is not medically proven and if you have a sugar issues you need to check the sugar content, before consuming. But it works well for my dear mom.
Papaya (if he will eat it) works well. Watermelon as well. Flax seed or powder in things he eats. A couple of colace per day is also helpful.
Check his meds. More than likely at least one of them causes constipation. Any kind of pain pill will slow the gut down. If he has to have them, then the colace can help offset some of that problem.
Sitting a lot and not walking slows the gut too. People that used to have a bm each and every day can start focusing in on it not being a daily thing anymore. Moving the legs and walking helps with gut movement...if he is still mobile.
Often , hydration and diet are not enough to cover for bowel laxity and OTC meds are enough to restart regular BMs.
warm prune juice
For prevention, activity helps. If not active....
Hydration is key, diet with plenty of fruits and veggies (or a capsule called "fruits & veggies), psyllium for fiber. My Mom suffered with constipation and this kept her regular. We had fun with it, finding things she enjoyed. Date bars, fig bars, fruit pie, fruit compote.
Bbeing regular can be life saving in our older age. Best to your Dad and you!
Lots of fiber and lots of water. Fiber without enough water can be constipating. Prunes and warm prune juice.
Medications and age play a big role in bowel movement (Iron turns my stool into rabbit size poop).
Exercise if and whenever possible. Don't be afraid to think outside the box. If a person is alive, there are things that can be done-- even if bedridden)
This is what work for me:
1. Crackling Oat Brand (right out of the box) as an anytime snack especially late night.
2. Apple juice 8oz (once a day) with breakfast
3. Coffee (put coffee in 8oz cup with 2% milk, add hot water). Add a little Honey and Consume while still warm.
4. Exercise (this include the mind)
5. Drink four 16oz bottles of water per day (8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm. This is where I fall short--sorry.
Remember that our bodies react to what it is given --physically or mentally.
Natural Softener: The days when my mother does not have a bowel movement, I have her drink some liquid Milk of Magnesia and that's usually all it takes. Or you could give your Dad a magnesium supplement if he prefers to swallow a capsule.
Natural Stimulant: When necessary, I have her drink a cup of Senna tea called "Smooth Move" that you can buy at any grocery store.
Natural Fiber: I give my mother good old Sunsweet Prunes.
I dont think the flavor matters
It worked within 12 hours.
The stool softeners are also good cause if the body insists on taking its time they don't turn into rocks. Normally my mom was very sparing with that kind of stuff .. developed this thought that we could somehow get 'dependent' on a stool softener, welp, she probably always needed it and at this point she's decided it is better than the alternative, and use your imagination on what my mom would have to deal with in regards to alternatives of being unable to pass a bm :D
I tell her she is lucky she forgets cause without the stool softeners and the senna it was about every week crying "oh god i cant do this i cant live like this".
To be fair im starting to eye up colase myself I mean heck :D