Maarten Vasbinder lives in Isaan. His profession is general practitioner, a profession that he mainly practiced in Spain. On Thailandblog he answers questions from readers who live in Thailand and writes about medical facts.
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Dear Martin,
My name is P., 69 years old, 1.72 meters and 75 kg. Do not use any drugs and be healthy at the moment. Blood pressure on standing 140/85, after exercise 100/75.
My question is: found my weight a bit too high 84 kg and stopped eating meat and chicken (which I didn't like in Thailand anyway) and all the other bad things like KFC sometimes. Have already lost a lot of belly fat and weigh 74 kg. Eat a lot of yogurt with muesli. And sometimes a steamed salmon. Only my stool is very hard and difficult to pass, which is sometimes quite a slaughter.
Now I use Senokot tablets, they do their job very well, but I read on the leaflet that they should not be used longer than 1 week. What should I do? Is there a remedy I can continue to use.
Regards,
P.
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Dear P,
Usually these kinds of problems go away when you drink enough. If not, duphalac is a good choice. 5 ml (teaspoon) after each meal and possibly a fourth spoonful before going to bed. You can then take the Senokot once every two weeks, if necessary.
Fruit and vegetables also help.
After a month everything should be better. If not, have a bowel test done.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Maarten