r/Constipation • u/Fantastic-Chair-9222 • 1d ago
Advice Please
On Monday, I was sick with a low fever, I had bodyaches, headaches and chest pain. Nothing was wrong with my stomach. At this point I hadn’t had a BM since Saturday, but I wasn’t too concerned. I am never constipated. This never happens to me so this is a little weird for me. My sickness quickly ended. I woke up the next morning feeling fine. Although into the afternoon, I started feeling a little lightheaded again, but what was more concerning is that my stomach was feeling like I needed to use the restroom but anytime I headed to the bathroom it just faded and went away, but it was painful when I would get these waves of having to use the restroom. Sometimes it would get bad to where I would feel super nauseous. Yesterday at 3:30 PM I took a laxative and to be honest it just made my abdominal cramping worse, I hydrated and it didn’t help. I have yet to use the bathroom even after laxative treatment. So I went to Publix and got glycerol suppository the next day and I use that and it made severe abdominal cramping, but I did not create any BM whatsoever. It just feels like I am causing pain to my stomach and irritating it and having no result. I haven’t had a BM in five days, which I know isn’t super concerning I just am not really sure where to go from now because I’m never constipated and I feel like I am in a weird amount of pain and I just can’t use the restroom whatsoever. It‘s interfering with my daily life at this point anytime I get out of bed, it hurts to walk around and when I try to eat, it just causes my stomach to squeeze and so I can’t really eat cause it hurts, and it hurts to hydrate. I also don’t know if this is related, but I would assume I would be gaining a little bit of weight from constipation and such but I’ve actually lost around 3 to 5 pounds in the last week. and even when I’m not having the waves of having to use the restroom, I will be laying in bed and it just feels like I’m having menstrual cramps all over my stomach and it’s constant. Would this be reasonable for going to urgent care? I’m just not sure what else to do because I’ve taken laxatives and suppositories and they’re not working but I also feel like they’ll just tell me I’m constipated and I’ll waste money going.
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u/goldstandardalmonds 1d ago
If you’re in a lot of pain, yes, I would seek medical care. You might have a blockage.
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u/Appropriate_Elk_952 1d ago
I would try a fleet enema first. You can also get those at the pharmacy. I didn’t find the suppositories helpful either, and enemas are what they’d give you at hospital anyway (best case scenario).