Hi
Im a first time poster based in Europe. I hope the nature of this post will not offend anybody as its not a nice subject to talk about
My father has been on home dialysis - PD dialysis for about a year now
His overall dialysis treatment is going well. His weight is staying consistent week on week and the fluids are clear and his blood work results are good and medical team are happy with his progress
However He is having lot of problems with his bowel movements that is impacting on his quality of life both for himself and immeadiate family and carers
Whats happening is that his bowels stop movement for several consequtive days despite him taking 3 movicol powders daily and 2 senekot tablets each night. I mean nothing happens a all - no bbowel movement what so ever. He is suffereing for lot of trapped wind and has no appetite and is flatulating(passing wind) a lot. He feels that he needs to go to the toilet but when he does nothing happens or he just flatulates
After a couple of days his bowels will start moving again but it is diarrahera and very bad diarrphea and is fowl smelling
He will have diarraheara for about 1-2 days and then the cycle starts all over again - his bowels completely stop for a few days again and then start moving and then stop - its a vicious circle
Initially this was happening maybe about once every couple of weeks but it has now got to the stage when it is happening every week and is a endless cycle of no bowel movement for a few days and then diarrhoea for a few days and so on.
The medical team dont seem to have any answers or possible solutions to why this is happening saying they never heard of this before
Has anyone ever experienced this or know what cuase of the problem could be or possible solutions
Thanks