Impact of Parkinsons on bowels
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:13 pm
My mum has on off Parkinsons, 9 years diagnosed. It interferes with everything but mostly her bowels. She has problems with muscles not working so pushing out faeces is difficult. She doesn't get the feeling to go. When she does she always says she feels like there is hard lumps of faeces left.
Finally after a couple of years of investigation to no avail she is now awaiting enemas.
The pain she gets from her food not moving well around her system is debilitating and basically her life revolves around this whole issue.
What can she take to help the pain and possibly move the food along.
She takes milled flaxseed, uses suppositories, dulcolese, movicol, laxido, sometimes peppermint tablets. Everything I can find to recommend. She just wants relief so she can have a better quality of life and be able to enjoy food. .with the Parkinsons she has to time and manage when she eats and especially protein as it makes her meds not work correctly.
Any advice or help would be great.
Thank you
Finally after a couple of years of investigation to no avail she is now awaiting enemas.
The pain she gets from her food not moving well around her system is debilitating and basically her life revolves around this whole issue.
What can she take to help the pain and possibly move the food along.
She takes milled flaxseed, uses suppositories, dulcolese, movicol, laxido, sometimes peppermint tablets. Everything I can find to recommend. She just wants relief so she can have a better quality of life and be able to enjoy food. .with the Parkinsons she has to time and manage when she eats and especially protein as it makes her meds not work correctly.
Any advice or help would be great.
Thank you