Diarrhea all the time. Anyone else have this problem?
We've talked to the doctor about her constant diarrhea he even set up a colonoscopy which came back normal we've changed her diet so I don't know what else to do anyone else have this problem
Dairy products.... as people get older their stomachs cannot deal with milk, cream, ice cream, cottage cheese, regular cheese.
My Dad had the "trots" [as he would call it] and once I switched him over to Lactaid milk, Lactaid ice cream, and finally convinced my Mom that yes "a little bit WOULD hurt him", the trots finally disappeared..... until Mom was sneaking cottage cheese onto his plate.... [sigh].
After prolonged diarrhea, perhaps an active culture product would help. -When my Mom was in memory care I brought over danactive. It comes in small containers and various flavors. I would give her one a day. They were easy for her to drink and I told her it was a strawberry shake. She thought it was "delicious'! This way the lining of her GI system was aided in restoring itself. This worked for her and other yogurt makers have similar products. Non medicinal and I didn't need the medial staff at the memory care to agree if it would help. (They wouldn't have paid for it anyway). Good luck.
My Dad had this too. Turned out...the over the counter heartburn medication causes this in a lot of people!! It was hard to take this away from him....he complained of heart burn every day. After years of Prilosec his digestive system was shot.
Do some research in all the drugs and even the over the counter. Sometimes the pharmacist is a good reference when looking at drug interactions.
When you say "diarrhea" do you mean nothing but liquid stools all the time, several times a day? Is this leading to dehydration?
Many older people (my mom included) think they have diarrhea when they have anything loser than a well formed BM. My mom got into a cycle of taking Immodium, getting blocked up and then using laxatives to unblock. She ended up with a bad case of fecal incontinence (hard stool blocking her up with loose stool leaking around the blockage). She was miserable, wouldn't tell us what was going on, ended up in the hospital.
Anyway, is mom taking medications? Do you know what she's taking and when? Is her food intake being monitored?
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My Dad had the "trots" [as he would call it] and once I switched him over to Lactaid milk, Lactaid ice cream, and finally convinced my Mom that yes "a little bit WOULD hurt him", the trots finally disappeared..... until Mom was sneaking cottage cheese onto his plate.... [sigh].
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Do some research in all the drugs and even the over the counter. Sometimes the pharmacist is a good reference when looking at drug interactions.
When you say "diarrhea" do you mean nothing but liquid stools all the time, several times a day? Is this leading to dehydration?
Many older people (my mom included) think they have diarrhea when they have anything loser than a well formed BM. My mom got into a cycle of taking Immodium, getting blocked up and then using laxatives to unblock. She ended up with a bad case of fecal incontinence (hard stool blocking her up with loose stool leaking around the blockage). She was miserable, wouldn't tell us what was going on, ended up in the hospital.
Anyway, is mom taking medications? Do you know what she's taking and when? Is her food intake being monitored?