Russell Mariani, Digestive Wellness Expert and Author of Healing Digestive Illness
Constipation Symptoms
Constipation symptoms can be mild to moderate or severe to extreme. Any variation from the ideal size, shape, and form of your bowel movement, any variation in the ease of elimination, whether you feel empty and complete or full or partially full; and any variation from the normal period of regularity (24 hours) could be signs of constipation.
The surest sign of constipation is your transit time. Transit time is the time from the completion of a meal until it shows up as waste in your toilet bowl. The ideal transit time is somewhere between 18-24 hours, depending on what you ate and how much you ate. A 24-30 hour transit time is acceptable as long as the bm (bowel movement) comes out easily and you feel empty and complete when done. If your transit time is more than 30 hours you are technically constipated. This would be mild constipation.
Checking your transit time is important because many people have regular bowel movements every day, sometimes like clockwork at the same time every day, but since they have never checked their transit time, they don’t realize that what they are eliminating today, is the food they ate two or three or four days ago. This is not good.
The longer your fecal waste remains inside your body the worse it smells and the more potential health problems it creates. (see list below) Clients have been amazed to discover that what they thought was perfect regularity turned out to be moderate to severe constipation with transit times of 48 to 72 hours and longer! Click here on the words checking our colon transit time for a simple explanation about how you can find out this important information for yourself.
Symptoms of constipation begin with too much time sitting on the toilet bowl waiting for something to come out. A sluggish bowel movement, any straining, or pushing on your part, the need to massage your lower abdomen, anything that you have to do to coax it out of you…indicates constipation. Small pieces of fecal matter instead of one long continuous banana-like movement indicates constipation. Small, hard, rounded balls of fecal waste, either bound up together or separated; indicates constipation. If you alternate between days of no bowel movements at all and then loose bowel movements you may be constipated. If you experience any pain or major discomfort, like cramping and bloating along with these other symptoms already described you may be constipated. Excessive wiping often indicates incomplete elimination, which means there is still waste material inside your rectum, which means that your bowel movement was incomplete and this often indicates constipation as well.
Over the years the following symptoms and conditions have cleared up when someone suffering from constipation became regular again, or for the first time. In other words, the following symptoms and conditions are either directly caused by constipation or are simply related to and indirectly caused by constipation: lung congestion and difficulty breathing, even asthma. Sinus congestion, post-nasal drip, sinus-related headaches. Any kind of headache including migraine headache. Back pain, including lower back pain and sciatic pain, arthritis pain anywhere in your body. Water retention anywhere in your body; swollen feet and ankles, puffy swollen lips, cheeks, eyelids or under your eyes puffiness. Mood swings, mental confusion, fuzzy thinking, memory loss, inability to concentrate, inability to focus, inability to retain information, inability to process information, any and all learning disabilities; anxiety, depression, agoraphobia, insomnia. Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, irritability, malaise, fibromyalgia, apathy, irregular heartbeat, weight gain, inability to lose weight, excessive perspiration, excessive body odor, bad breath. Hives, skin rashes, rosacea, psoriasis, eczema, dry skin, acne, dandruff, hair loss and many others not listed here.
All skin problems anywhere on the body have their origin in the health of the digestive system in general. If you are constipated, you often have skin problems and one or more of the symptoms noted above or other symptoms and conditions not listed here. When you relieve your constipation and become regular, many other seemingly unrelated health conditions and symptoms will clear up and go away.
Conclusion
Like all other digestive disorders, Constipation is completely correctable and easily prevented from future occurrences. If and only if you eliminate the root-causes and if and only if you become more proactive in your own self-care.
Learn more about constipation by clicking on the links below:
Constipation
Constipation Causes
Constipation Remedies
The surest sign of constipation is your transit time. Transit time is the time from the completion of a meal until it shows up as waste in your toilet bowl. The ideal transit time is somewhere between 18-24 hours, depending on what you ate and how much you ate. A 24-30 hour transit time is acceptable as long as the bm (bowel movement) comes out easily and you feel empty and complete when done. If your transit time is more than 30 hours you are technically constipated. This would be mild constipation.
Checking your transit time is important because many people have regular bowel movements every day, sometimes like clockwork at the same time every day, but since they have never checked their transit time, they don’t realize that what they are eliminating today, is the food they ate two or three or four days ago. This is not good.
The longer your fecal waste remains inside your body the worse it smells and the more potential health problems it creates. (see list below) Clients have been amazed to discover that what they thought was perfect regularity turned out to be moderate to severe constipation with transit times of 48 to 72 hours and longer! Click here on the words checking our colon transit time for a simple explanation about how you can find out this important information for yourself.
Symptoms of constipation begin with too much time sitting on the toilet bowl waiting for something to come out. A sluggish bowel movement, any straining, or pushing on your part, the need to massage your lower abdomen, anything that you have to do to coax it out of you…indicates constipation. Small pieces of fecal matter instead of one long continuous banana-like movement indicates constipation. Small, hard, rounded balls of fecal waste, either bound up together or separated; indicates constipation. If you alternate between days of no bowel movements at all and then loose bowel movements you may be constipated. If you experience any pain or major discomfort, like cramping and bloating along with these other symptoms already described you may be constipated. Excessive wiping often indicates incomplete elimination, which means there is still waste material inside your rectum, which means that your bowel movement was incomplete and this often indicates constipation as well.
Over the years the following symptoms and conditions have cleared up when someone suffering from constipation became regular again, or for the first time. In other words, the following symptoms and conditions are either directly caused by constipation or are simply related to and indirectly caused by constipation: lung congestion and difficulty breathing, even asthma. Sinus congestion, post-nasal drip, sinus-related headaches. Any kind of headache including migraine headache. Back pain, including lower back pain and sciatic pain, arthritis pain anywhere in your body. Water retention anywhere in your body; swollen feet and ankles, puffy swollen lips, cheeks, eyelids or under your eyes puffiness. Mood swings, mental confusion, fuzzy thinking, memory loss, inability to concentrate, inability to focus, inability to retain information, inability to process information, any and all learning disabilities; anxiety, depression, agoraphobia, insomnia. Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, irritability, malaise, fibromyalgia, apathy, irregular heartbeat, weight gain, inability to lose weight, excessive perspiration, excessive body odor, bad breath. Hives, skin rashes, rosacea, psoriasis, eczema, dry skin, acne, dandruff, hair loss and many others not listed here.
All skin problems anywhere on the body have their origin in the health of the digestive system in general. If you are constipated, you often have skin problems and one or more of the symptoms noted above or other symptoms and conditions not listed here. When you relieve your constipation and become regular, many other seemingly unrelated health conditions and symptoms will clear up and go away.
Conclusion
Like all other digestive disorders, Constipation is completely correctable and easily prevented from future occurrences. If and only if you eliminate the root-causes and if and only if you become more proactive in your own self-care.
Learn more about constipation by clicking on the links below:
Constipation
Constipation Causes
Constipation Remedies
Your Digestive Wellness Starts Here!
First Step |
Buy Book
|
Free Newsletter |
