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Bowel or fecal incontinence and how to manage it
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) | Last Active: Mar 7 4:59pm | Replies (259)Comment receiving replies
This is definitely a “low tech” suggestion but my recent bout with constipation has been resolved (even if only temporarily) by prunes! I remember as a child many years ago laughing at my mother with her prunes. Well, they helped me! A bit tricky to find the right “dosage” but sure better than the commercial laxatives, fiber, etc etc.
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@jackiem95 @jeanne51 I have recently started eating prunes because they’re good for osteoporosis! It’s sort of a symbiotic relationship between calcium and prunes. Calcium, which is recommended of course for osteoporosis, tends to be constipating, and prunes are the opposite, so it works out well! I do find there is a delicate balance in how many prunes I can eat. Six is the number recommended for osteoporosis but three is my max.
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@jackiem95 .... good for you! yes I remember my grandmother "stewing" dried prunes on stove in water; I think she also did same with senna pods??? J. Now, if we could just find a simple method to fix diarrhea! J.