🌿 What Actually Helps Constipation With Hypothyroidism | Issue 249
And the health risks when bowel movements aren't regular.
The Invisible Hypothyroidism Weekly Round-Up Newsletter by Multi-Award Winning Thyroid Patient Advocate Rachel Hill.
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Welcome to this week’s newsletter.
Before the age of twenty-five, I didn’t have experience of not being constipated.
For as long as I could remember, even as a child, I had never gone to the toilet regularly and only passed a bowel movement once every 1-3 weeks. And even when I did, it was uncomfortable and not a healthy passing. I never felt the release of fully emptying my bowels.
And this used to be an embarrassing topic for me until I realised - I can’t be the only person with thyroid issues struggling with constipation, so if I don’t speak up about it, the only thing it achieves is all of us staying bloated, uncomfortable and isolated in these struggles. By talking about it, we can share what actually helps and improve this symptom for others.
And since addressing my bowel health and now thankfully having daily bowel movements, my health is a lot better. And I now realise just how bad it used to be.
This exclusive paid-subscriber-only newsletter will cover:
Why constipation occurs in those with thyroid issues and what helps to resolve it.
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This Week’s Topic:
Regular bowel movements are crucial to good health, therefore constipation shouldn’t be ignored.
Although constipation is a very common symptom of thyroid disease and many thyroid patients still experience it despite being on thyroid medication, it isn’t “normal” to still be experiencing it in the sense that we shouldn’t just accept it and put up with it. Doing so increases our chances of many health concerns.
The consequences of ignoring poor bowel movements include:
Rectal Prolapse