What Everybody Ought to Know About Constipation In Menopausal Women

Constipation in menopausal women is not a new thing. This is mainly due to the fact that menopausal women undergo a series of hormonal changes. Stress, an unhealthy lifestyle, worrying over menopause further adds to the complicated condition that is constipation.

Constipation in menopausal women many manifest on the first stages, mid stages, or final stages of menopause. Whichever stage it decides to reveal itself, constipation in menopausal women will have these signs and symptoms:

* Infrequent bowel movements that are noticeably fewer than the normal consistency;

* smaller, harder and drier stools are generally harder to pass out;

* feeling bloated and sluggish;

* feeling of incomplete elimination of stools even when you are done doing the deed;

* excessive and extreme straining during bowel movements; and

* specks of blood on your stools.