Constipation advice?

Hi Vitak,
I am sorry to hear what you are going through..being constipated is not only physically painful..but emotionally it becomes all you can think about..when will i go..why am i not going...my suggestion is for you to do a few things..i know you mentioned some of the things you are already taken..i personally feel like their isn't a fiber supplement in the world...like the fiber we get from our food...fiber one makes really yummy cereals and crunchy bars..their is like 9 grams of fiber in each serving..its also so important that you drink alot of water..that helps to push everything through..then i suggest you get some good reading material so you can have something to look at while you are on the toilet so you can concentrate on going...allow yourself the time you need to try to go..beans are also really good too.. a good bean burrito would also help to move things along...for me this might sound weird..but coffee or hot tea has always made me go to the bathroom every single time...i would try drinking hot tea herbal or coffee oh and cabbage also has alot of fiber as well...good luck..i am sure you will go soon..also a little vaseline on your bottom will help you push things out..once you get past the constipated part..things should go back to normal...

When I get like that it's usually because I'm having rectal inflammation.. I use Canasa suppositories and they work wonders! You may want to ask your doctor about it.

I have just been reading about factors that slow down peristalsis. Apart from pain (or the opioid pain killers used for pain) - quite able to cause C by itself - overloads of various dietary components can cause problems. Excess protein will cause slowed elimination due to receptors in the gut which detect unabsorbed protein and then slow down the peristalsis to allow for better absorption. The same is true of starches (or the sugars resulting from their digestion), but that happens in the colon so it is harder to identify. Excess fat also slows down the process, but that happens near the stomach and usually results in acid reflux (GERDs).

What to do? Eating smaller meals might work. So would "predigesting" your food: cook it well, mince or chop your food, use digestive enzymes and chew your food thoroughly. Fat seems to be a particularly effective inhibitor of peristalsis, so limiting fat intake at a single meal might be wise.

I was looking for this information to see if there were simple causes of SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth) that could be handled at home. SIBO is a common result of Crohn's, so it might help your other symptoms as well.