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Information evening on constipation and diarrhea
Big crowds at Minimed semester opener "indigestion" in Linz.


On average, each person spends 144 days of his life on the toilet. "The normal stool frequency ranges from three times a day and once every three days," said Prof. internist primary Kurt Lenz KH Brothers of Charity in Linz at the information evening on constipation and diarrhea. From 60 suffers nearly one in three Austrians under constipation (constipation) - more women than men. Causes: prolapse of pelvic floor muscles, hypothyroidism, Parkinson's, multiple Skerlose, depression, diabetes, intestinal tumors, lack of potassium and magnesium. Even drugs such as opiates (painkillers), antidepressants, iron supplements, high blood pressure medicines (calcium channel blockers), sleeping pills, calcium supplements come into question. In 95 percent of cases the names of the reasons:

Improper diet: too little fiber, fluid intake
Too little exercise
Stress
Suppression of defecation
Bedridden
Pregnancy as a basis measures called the internist:
In the morning drink a glass of water on an empty stomach
Laxation at the same time of day
Regular physical exercise
Tenesmus not suppress
Learn methods to reduce stress
Fibre-rich foods to eat and drink a lot
Avoid are fast food, white flour products, sweets, animal fat, black tea and cocoa.
Before getting a gentle abdominal massage

Is all of this success, an enema be performed or take a laxative: take fillers such as flax seed, psyllium, wheat bran with plenty of fluids. Osmotic agents increase stool bulk and stimulate bowel movement: Glauber's salt, Laevolac, lactulose, Macrogel. Stronger, combined resources, such as castor oil, Dulcolax and X-Prep Probiotics: Their effect is not certain. Primary Lenz warns: "Strong acting laxatives cause hazardous liquid discharge into the intestine. It can thus also important salts such as potassium are removed, which in turn reinforce the blockage. Then, the dose must be increased again. "

Foreign germs disturb holiday

From extreme constipation waved Univ.-Doz. Primary Rainer Schöfl from KH Elisabethinen about diarrhea: "Up to three cases of diarrhea per year are normal. Be plenty of fluids and minerals are lost to infusions. "

Diarrhea: strangers germs can cause diarrhea. Tap water, unpeeled and unwashed avoid. Probiotics use prophylactic antibiotics for treatment if necessary. Of the well known charcoal tablets for diarrhea holds primary Schöfl nothing.

Lactose intolerance (lactose intolerance) affects one in five Austrians, leading to diarrhea.

Crohn's disease is a rare spurts occurring chronic intestinal inflammation.

Irritable bowel syndrome is a disorder with no visible pathological change of the intestine.