Based on this information, why would taking a broad spectrum antibiotic produce nose bleeds?

Alright, so this morning I found out that my dog had gotten ahold 2 pieces of dry chicken, bones included. Was cleaning up the kitchen this morning, threw it away..and it must’ve fallen and he got ahold of it.

It was cooked, but it was at least 12 hours before he got into it He’s around 25-30lbs, 3 hours now and he’s still active, he’ll eat and drink fine so I know nothing is lodged in his throat..I’ve given him 4 slices of bread, and a little bit of Canned pumpkin..Is there anything else I should do to help him digest it and reduce the chances of it slicing up his intestines?

Thanks.

I am currently on 16 MG of Suboxone a day. One of the side effects of the drug is constipation. Before even being on this drug I’ve had constipation problems now it’s amplified like I can’t believe. I’m 30 pounds heavier than I have ever been because of my irregularity and am very bloated. I took about 20 Senna all natural laxatives today, and have inserted three rectal suppository. I average about one bowl movement a week which is a very small amount, I know have much, much more to excrete. I also drank some prune juice as well today. I am at the end of my rope….I am off of opiates which I was addicted to for over four years of my life and basically ruined my life, the suboxone is a godsend but this constipation is driving me crazy. What can I do? I’ve read about Colon Detox and I’m also thinking of purchasing an enema. Please help, I can’t take this anymore. I need the suboxone but I need to make a bowel movement! With all of the bowel stimulants I’ve taken today, I’ve barely made any bowl movement and just mostly pooped out the evaporated suppository.

If you overdose on laxatives (which is basically what they make you do) will the tip of your small intestine be inflamed for the colonoscopy the next day?
Thanks!

I am 16 years old, a couch potato but I jump on a trampoline every day to every other day, a tend to stand alot but mostly sit down. i must say i do have a bad diet, when school let out i came to my cousins where they only have 1 meal a day and ive been here for almost 4 weeks and have lost 20 pounds! i thought it was because i was staying over here but i was a little suspicious since i have not lost a pound in years. for the past 2 months i have had blood in my stool and becuase it was hard i suspected it was a hemmorhoid and then it just stopped about a week ago altogether. just yesterday my right side around the bottom of my right rib cage started having minor pains so i looked it up and read it could be colorectal or colon cancer. can you guys help me. im about to cry and im only 16. i dont want to die young. i was about to ask out a girl that means the world to me around the time i went back to school and i dont think i can be with her if i find out i cant spend the rest of my life with her. shes my everything. <3

I’m looking for some alternative therapies for a classic case of IBS. Aside high symptom prescriptions and over the counter medication cocktails of peptobismal and gas ex, I’m not finding much else that can be done.

Ok, this is kind of embarrassing to ask, but lately my feces have been very small and hard. I’ve completely changed my diet and exercise routine and was wondering if maybe that could be the case. I have cut out a lot of sugars and fats from my diet and have been eating more protein and dairy. I have also been working out everyday and drinking a lot more water. I thought all these changes would actually help make me more "regular" with bowel movements but just the opposite has happened. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Is my body just getting used to my new diet and exercise?

I just started a raw food diet on monday, as more of a cleanse and weight loss starter than anything and I have spina bifida, complete with all the bowel incontinence issues. I’ve been noticing a change in that respect, not necessarily for the better. I’ve been feeling fantastic physically, but I’m wondering if this isn’t a good idea, given my physical condition. I was planning on only doing this for 2 weeks, and then slowly adding back some cooked, healthy things in moderation and within reason.

Any suggestions? I’m typically a meat eater, which is what got me into this weight problem in the first place. I’m a trained chef so I see this becoming a drag after the high wears off. HELP!

i have an inflammatory disease and i NEED HELP PLEASE.
how long does it take to start working…?
any helpful details please ?

Ok so for the past 4-5 months i have been having abnormal bowel movements, and when i say abnormal i mean this is coming from a guy who could time when a bowel movement was coming and it was always a helthy amonunt and twice a day!…. but i had changed ALOT of habbits from different jobs, stress of moving alot, finacial things, not eating the way i used to. now i have had periods of constipation, very small stools, lately small stools, after small bowel movement, i still feel unsatisfied, i dont eat healthy anymore, but for the past week ive been trying other things like salads and high fiber breakfast, i only eat twice a day, morning and when i get home from work at 11 pm. i know i dont have healthy meals at all usually what ever im grabing out of the fridge i see, for instance, a can of diced pinapples, make a pbj sandwhich with a high fiber bread and a yogurt…. i know i know…and in the mornins is waffles (2 of them) or just oatmeal, or pb sandwhich… i also work in a bakery/deli/prep food area like a publix. so i nibble here and there on things, sweets, onion rings, cookie. Iam 21, 6’2” and 220, over the past 2 months i have gain 10-15 pounds…. i also always feel like something is bloking my rectum, i have examined my self (it sucks! dont do it unless you have too) i didnt "feel" any blockage, very smooth, no pain when i was examining around the rectum area, but why am i feeling this way? i checked colon cancer syptoms and i feel like i dont have much in common with the syptoms but just a few things. i get bloated sometimes some sharp pains just below the center of my rib cage, i also have stopped working out as well, ive tried to put more fluids back into my diet, but 4-5 months man? i hope i dont have anything serious to worrie about, if i do i have no health insurance, yet, iam waiting on my 90 day to get it through my work, and dont even make enough to cover all the bills, if it wasnt for the help of my gf. but shes not thinking anything of my syptoms,, and thats another thing, she eats the same way i do and shes fine!?!!? i dont get it,,, please help!

also before this problems started i was eating at least 3 meals a day, cereal in the morning or oat meal,(this was about a year ago when i was a contractor workin out side every day, now im inside not doing much!!!!!) subway for lunch, and usually a normal dinner that consisted of a meat with vegtables, and a starch…example steak with green beans and mashed potatos… now i have plumitted from that habbit… should i go back to that or no bc im not as active?

why is it affecting me and not my girlfriend though? weve been together for a year and a half, and shes seen the changes in me, but nothing to her? i just dont get it… and god bless her heart for having to put up with me…
lol, what i was saying is that we have had the same diet bc we live together, but this diet of eating unhealthy is affecting me but not her

I’m currently using Symmetry Botanacleanse. I’m on day two of the 11 day program, and for the last 2 days, I’ve had a mild, but ongoing headache. I haven’t taken any pain killers, as I’m afraid it may cause the Botanacleanse to become ineffective…thanks in advance for your help!!!
Also – I did read the instructions and researched the product, but didn’t see a list of side effects such as headache and low grade fever. Thanks to all of you that are providing helpful answers, but for those of you who like to be smart-a**es, cockiness and sarcasm is not neccessary, and I would appreciate it if you would not comment at all…

My body hurts all the time I was always very social and active now it’s hard to stay focused and get things done I don’t have medical I’ve become very deppressed it’s hard fer my kids and people around me and I was just in a 4 car accident and now everything is worse I see a counselor every week and a pain mang dr I just need someone to relate with

NEVER had a cat before. Never cared much for them. Then I hit a cat. She ran out in the road in front of me doing 50mph 7-10-07. Hit her and and killed her. Let’s just say she was VERY pregnant and so I was cleaning sacs off of kittens in the road. Instinct I guess. I found the nearest vet. Only one kitten made it, barely. Vet said put her down…I refused. I hand fed and doctored this cat from birth. Spent over ,300 on vet bills. Had deformed intestines, surgically corrected, and she made it THANK GOD. My ‘people’ hate my cat because admittedly Bear can do NO wrong as far as I’m concerned. No one gets it. It’s not fair to them I know, Bear getting in people’s plates, on counters, sleeping on people’s clothes. She ‘listens’ to me but she ignores them and does as she pleases. She’s downright mean to them. I just feel like I ‘owe’ her. How did I get to be totally owned by this CAT? Why does she hate my ‘people’ so much? They aren’t mean to HER at all! Why am I like this with her?!?
I was told that you guys were great!! I feel much better knowing I’m not alone. Thank you SO much, all of you. Looks like me and Bear will be ‘dining’ alone for a while.I’ll give her her own food while I eat. She has a grain allergy and eats prepared foods so she doesn’t really know ‘her’ food is different than mine. I think perhaps it’s that my people don’t fall all over her like I do and it upsets her. Bear wants to be babied, and when they don’t she seems somehow offended, if that’s possible for a cat. Still learning ya know.
brutus…still trying to figure out what to do about ‘fixin.’ Her lil insides were so messed up and there’s been so much alteration in there, her vet is a lil afraid to fix her and we’re undecided what to do. No, she isn’t peeing all over..yet. My people don’t object to Bear really per say, but the side of cat hair with everything is hard. I just want her to have what I took away from her poor mama and her brothers and sisters. No kids here, so she’s my kid!

please help im 13 and i have a great stomach and want to be a model soon and i dont want a 5 inch scar on my stomach i will never make it in please give me a good answer im scared!!!!!!!

I am not normally constipated, but as a result of a bad tooth I was not eating, and I was on a combination of antibiotics and pain killer (vicodin). I was severely constipated, so much so that after having not been able to go for about a week I did a saline enema. This ended the constipation; however, it lead to what has not become a very big nuisance and worry, rectal bleeding.
I have been bleeding 2-3 tablespoons of blood out of my bum 3-5 times a day for the last week. I called my family doctor, and he told me to go to the Emergency Department. There, they did an obstruction series of x-rays on my lower bowel (and found no blockage) also some blood work to see if my hemoglobin was OK (which it was), and a rectal exam in which he said he felt a "dry" inner hemorrhoid, and an amount of blood came out when he did the rectal exam. He said to schedule an appt. with my fam. doc. to set up a colonoscopy. It was probably a hemorrhoid from the constipation, but he thought it best I was checked out with the colonoscopy.
So, today is day 7 of this conundrum. I am tired, and tired of bleeding. It is also very worrisome. So, should I go back to the Emergency Dept. (being that it is sat. and my doctors office is closed)? Or, should I wait it out a few more days until my doc’s office is open?

i never detox my body before but with all the bloating, etc my friend gave me
Nu-tek brand detox-lgc
renew life brand first cleanse, Yourtotal body internal cleanse

i had by gall bladder removed in august

will cleansing my body affect the medications i take and they are the following:

CITALOPRAM 20MG TABLETS, antidepressant, optional as needed
MELOXICAM 15MG TABLETS, hip swelling, can switch to aleve if needed
PHENYTOIN SODIUM 100MG EXT CAPSULES, siezure medicine 4 a day a must have
QVAR 40MCG AEROSOL (120PUFFS) 8.7GM, inhaler as needed
NAPROXEN SODIUM 550MG TABLETS, pain killer for knee and hip, optional can switch to aleve

any advice you can give me would be great, i am mainly concerned aobut the swelling in my stomach and that fact that I always feel i need to have a bowel is why i ws given the detox kit

I have this frequent burping even before eating and while sleeping.

I’ve been constipated over two weeks now. At first I was having the feeling I really had to go, but when I would sit down it wouldn’t come out. I barely had a single bowel movement where I passed thin, soft stools. My diet consisted of eggs, whole wheat bread/pasta, brown rice, bananas, chicken, steak and at close to a gallon of water everyday. I took two laxatives and nothing.

I saw my doctor briefly, and she said all the foods I’ve been eating are binding and cause constipation. She told me to pick up fiber pills, a stool softener, and a laxative. I had one very brief, watery stool while I was also drinking plenty of water in a short period of time.

This just doesn’t feel like regular constipation. Now I don’t even get the feeling where it’s all rushing to leave my body, like I really have to go to the bathroom.

My stools seemed regular color, no blood, but I hear that’s not in all cases of colon cancer.

Aside from regular constipation, the ONLY other diagnosis I see that has almost every symptom I have is colon cancer.

First off, I prefer inexpensive suggestions since I don’t have the means of paying for anything extra. What I do have at home is colon cleanse, lots of oatmeal, water, herbal tea, and a few fruits and veggies lying around (apple, mango, bananas, and carrots). Will these help me detox and what else can I do? Thanks!

Gets worse every time i eat particularly with milk. Haven’t had a bowel movement in several hours and that was a small amount of diarrhea, and that was only after taking a laxitive. Am I lactose intolerant? Is it something else?

what does it mean when for the past 3 days you are trying to poop but it takes 20+ minutes to get the poop to come down and out ? and then today only a little bit , about 32 inches in diameter , comes down and out but the rest never comes down OR out ?Pleaseeee help me this is serious tell me what it means ANYTHIN HELPS !!!

I’m 23 years old, no family history of colon cancer, non smoker.

About a year ago I was very constipated and had trouble passing a larger stool. After, I developed what I though were hemorrhoids or a fissure. I would go to the bathroom and feel a very quick sharp pain followed by a tiny bit of blood on the tissue when I would wipe.

This happened on and off for quite some time but has not happened in the last few months.

About 3 weeks ago I started noticing my stools have been much looser than normal. The amount has not increased. I go once a day and it’s basically really soft and breaks into maybe 5-7 pieces in the water. They are usually soft but not that soft.

I went to the doctor. She did a rectal exam as well as a FOBT test (tested stool for blood). The FOBT was negative and my rectal exam checked out fine.

She said she though it might be a mild virus or IBS and is having me change my diet a little. I did but it hasn’t helped much. Although I’ve been very worried this past week.

I’v been reading so much into this. About people being misdiagnosed, the FOBT being wrong, people getting this cancer young. It’s really got me TERRIFIED.

Do you think this is cancer or not? I have no other symptoms.

I hear it’s usually common in the newly born and elderly. The large intestine takes over – or devours – the small intestine, and there’s a lot of vomiting and a lack of eating involved. The patient’s skin may pale as well as their eyes. What is this called?
@Gracinda – Oh, thanks! Aha, sorry if saying it devours is incorrect, that’s just how I’ve always thought of it to do.

I have IBS and my bowels are completely off, i’m always constipated and gassy. I eat enough fiber and drink tons of water.. i just need to get this out of the way. I hate being bloated and gassy all the time and i hate the frustration of not being able to go to the bathroom when i clearly need to.

So my question, which work better? Colon cleanses or colon probiotics? How long until they’re effective? Thanks

had aspirating pneumonia 2x in the las 3 months, he has never even had pneumonia 1x in his life until now and he is 6 yrs. I was wondering if anyone had an idea of what could be happening? They did change his feedings from pediasure with fiber to ensure plus (it has no fiber) so I thought maybe with his many meds he was getting backed up with his feces. I do give him milk and molasses enemas every 3 to 4 days and miralax when needed but I m not sure if its cleaning him out. The doctors dont have a clue. I tried to start benifiber but even the little amount seems to give him cramps. Any idea and do you think I may be right with my thought of being backed up?oh and a G/J tube is a feeding tube that goes in his stomach and his intestines so there are 2 tubes for feeding. Thanks very much for taking the time, Lisa
He has a hospital bed so I keep him up 24hrs a day , he also is on 60 ml 24hrs a dayfor feeding