If you are constipated then it can bring your life to a grinding halt until you find a solution. You will probably lose your appetite while you are suffering, and it can make sitting down very uncomfortable as well as affecting your ability to concentrate and even to sleep. So how do you cure it? Well we discuss the top solutions below:
Laxative pills
These are what most people will use when they experience constipation, they are easy to take and easy to buy over the counter at any shop that sells basic medicine. There are basically two types, you have the kind which are irritants and will try to get your bowel to contract and help force things out, then you have stool softeners which we will discuss in a minute.
Most people will choose the irritants and they usually work within 10 -12 hours so you need to think hard about when you take them, you don’t want them to kick in when you are doing something important at work or are not near a toilet, irritants probably won’t work if you have hard stools blocking things up though.
Stool softeners
These work to soften up hard stools so that they are easier to get out and don’t cause any pain. You can get them as little gel caps of liquid, or you can buy big bottles that you take doses from throughout the day. It works by allowing and trapping more water in your intestines, to help saturate the stool and loosen it up. If you have hard stools then this is great way to get some relief, but note it will take a few days for most of them to take effect.
Lubricant
Your third choice is a lubricant like prune juice or something like that which can coat the inside of your intestines and help transit through. A lubricant is great if you use it alongside one of the irritant laxatives described earlier, then as the laxative kicks in and makes you push then the lubricant helps you out.
Laxative tea
Most of the laxative teas on the market use senna in them to help in the same way as a laxative pill to irritate the intestinal wall and force movement. In fact senna is actually used in some of the laxative pills as the main ingredient, but having it in a laxative tea helps you to get a larger dose than you would find in a little pill, and as it is a liquid it can get through your system faster.