Question

Imagine that you are a healthcare expert and you are given the responsibility to inform the public about one of the questions listed below. The only requirement that you must follow is that will need to have at least 10 medical term underlined in your description that you have learned thus far in the course. In your post, please make sure that you highlight each medical term by underlining the word or risk deductions.

Below are the lists of questions for the discussion. Just pick one topic that you are interested to discuss with your fellow colleagues

1. Constipation is a frequent problem among older adults. Please describe what is constipation and please list at least five possible causes of constipation in the older adult. What treatments if any would you recommend?

Answer 1

Constipation is one of the common complaint in older adults. Constipation is an infrequent movent that occurs in bowel, hard to pass the stool. I hon This Constipation mostly occurs in Older beople and symptoms are:- 1 Lumby Stools 2) Straining 31 feeling of less evamation The common cause of Constipation ale - The diet when does not contain enough fiber. . This cause problem in didestion a le Use of excessive laxative also cause constipation. The heavy use of laxative causes diarrhea 3) Mediunes also causes constipations, some of the medicines such as for diabetes, stroke ert.c. can occur: The irritable bowel syndrome could be result of melicines.

Treatment fiber in diet drink water Increase intake of 2 keep hydrated! Exercise 4) small amount of can be beneficiall 3) processed food