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COLON PROBLEMS: CONSTIPATION
Many factors may contribute to constipation, the American Family Physician (27#1:179) suggests, including lack of exercise, decreased appetite and thirst, and too great a reliance upon commercially prepared low bulk foods. When not disease-related, constipation should respond readily to taking extra fluid and bulk with every meal and, if necessary, a stool softener medication such as Colace, Doxidan, or Surfak.
These drugs are not effective alone and must always be taken with bran, or a lubricant (such as mineral oil), or both. When bran is added to the diet, calcium, phosphorus, and iron are trapped in the gut by the undigested cellulose. This could be a factor in the bone thinning in some of the elderly, who already have difficulty in maintaining a positive calcium balance. Calcium and iron supplements are therefore essential if one is taking bran. Also, since mineral oil traps fat-soluble vitamins, one should try to compensate for this by taking mineral oil and vitamins at different times of day.
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