My mother is 82 years old. She is normally fit with no sugar or pressure. She roams about slowly but freely in the house through the day even in her old age. For the last 2 days she is feeling the urge and is passing stool more than 10 to 12 times a day. The stool is not like diarrhea. It is a bit hard and is passed in very small amount each time. She has no pain or anything in the stomach. She intakes normal diet everyday. What medicines should she take? She is feeling very uneasy to go to latrine so many times a day.

Dr. Krishnan Nair M PGeneral Physician47yrs exp

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Dear Lybrate user, as you have discribed----- she passes stools 10-12 times daily and it is hard stool and feeling uneasy to go to latrine ---i recommend a check-up by a surgeon soon ---he will find out any internal piles or other masses causing obstruction and give appropriate treatment ----meanwhile you make lifestyle adjustments for her with drinking 12-14 glasses of fluids daily and taking 250 gm of fresh glv and other vegetable salads and 200 gm of fruits before her lunch and dinner .// restrict junk food; fried ;oily and spicy food ;porotta ; pastries ; meat items .-----ok.  

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