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Has anyone experienced the inability to urinate when constipated?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Jun 23 10:51am | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
Validation always helps-so thank you.
I just started seeing someone for digestive issues, she also didn’t believe me. I was sent for CT scan with contrast. Even though I had a bowel movement every day that week, plus 3 the day of, my test results came back that I was constipated.
I have gone weeks without a bowel movement- that’s what I consider as constipated😩 .
I did mention the issue to my GYN , whom I have only seen twice, her words were “ that makes no sense “. She then told me to go see a digestive person.
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Have you tried magnesium to alleviate the constipation? If the answer is "yes," and it worked, do you take it every day?
If magnesium works, the effective dose is to be maintained.
(Supplementing with iron can also cause constipation, if not taken with magnesium.)
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You’re welcome! Ok I know I’ve already replied, but I just saw your reply now.
Yes…it totally is a thing to have multiple bowel movements and still be withholding stool on x-rays. It’s called “heavy stool burden.” And that totally happened to me. It is real.
Sometimes GI doctors aren’t so helpful…it just depends.
I found this blog post helpful; she is a GI dietician (I have a GI RD as well, and she is extremely helpful to me): https://www.fodmapeveryday.com/stool-burden-and-the-low-fodmap-diet/
If you truly feel you’ve tried everything for constipation with no improvement, I would ask for a referral to a pelvic PT for constipation. They can check to see if it’s a nerve/muscle issue. Good GYNs or GI doctors should in theory know about this, but some do not… It’s annoying. But if it’s something you wanted to try, hopefully you can ask for an order from one of them or from your PCP. And I’m also crossing my fingers you live in an area where you can find a pelvic PT, because sometimes that can be difficult.