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Estreñimiento - qué preguntarle al médico

Qué preguntas hacerle al médico con respecto al estreñimiento

Definición

El estreñimiento se da cuando las heces se evacuan con menor frecuencia de lo que normalmente sucede. Las heces pueden ponerse duras y secas y difíciles de evacuar. Usted podría sentir hinchazón abdominal y tener dolor o podría tener que hacer un esfuerzo cuando intenta defecar.

Las siguientes son algunas preguntas que tal vez usted quiera hacerle a su proveedor de atención médica para que le ayude a a tratar el estreñimiento.

Preguntas

¿Con qué frecuencia debo ir al baño durante el día? ¿Cuánto tiempo debo esperar? ¿Qué más puedo hacer para entrenar mi cuerpo con el fin de tener deposiciones más regulares?

¿Cómo debo cambiar lo que como para aliviar mi estreñimiento?

¿Qué alimentos ayudarán a hacer que mis heces sean menos duras?
¿Cómo obtengo más fibra en mi alimentación?
¿Qué alimentos pueden empeorar mi problema?
¿Qué cantidad de agua o líquidos debo tomar durante el día?

¿Alguno de los medicamentos, vitaminas, hierbas o suplementos que estoy tomando causa estreñimiento?

¿Qué productos puedo comprar en la tienda que me ayuden con mi estreñimiento? ¿Cuál es la mejor manera de tomarlos?

¿Cuáles puedo tomar todos los días?
¿Cuáles no debo tomar todos los días?
¿Debo tomar fibra de psyllium (Metamucil)?
¿Puede alguno de estos productos empeorar mi estreñimiento?

Si el estreñimiento o la presencia de heces duras empezó recientemente, ¿significa que tengo un problema de salud más serio?

¿Cuándo debo llamar al proveedor?

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Actualizado : 10/25/2022

Versión en inglés revisada por : Frank D. Brodkey, MD, FCCM, Associate Professor, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.

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