Bowel Management Program at Home

We welcome you to our Bowel Management Program at Home where we will support you and will manage the functioning of the bowels for you effectively.  With our expert advice, personalized plans, and valuable aids, you can recover authority over your bowel fitness and encounter a more increased quality of life. This daily care at home helps you manage your problems and can save you from embarrassment and low confidence. If you are facing any of the bowel issues and faecal inconveniences then this is the right care for you. Read the page below to know about the details of home care for bowel movements. 

What is Bowel Management?

Bowel management involves the use of laxatives, medicines and diet to treat the colon and rectum for people who have undergone any injury in the spinal cord or brain. This is for promotion of the healthy bowel movements in the child and to clean the child in between the bowel actions. Children who have the following can get benefited from the treatment. 

• Kids suffering from the anorectal malformation 
• Children with the myelomeningocele can get benefited from the procedure 
• If you had the sacrococcygeal teratoma and have undergone surgery for that 

The program is also carried out for adults who are facing constipation issues as well as other bowel disorders. Through the program, they are empowered and made the way in which they can control their bowel acts. This helps in improving the quality of life. We are providing this program for you. You can learn about it by reading below. 

How Our Bowel Management Training is done at Home?

This training is a comprehensive procedure in which education, guidance and other practical procedures are given to maintain the regular bowel movements. This is how the training is performed. 

Assessment:

The doctor starts the journey by assessing the medical record, bowel functioning at the current moment, and internal conditions by this analysis process, it becomes easy for the practitioner to better know the individual needs and then develop a specific plan according to it. 

Education:

Your healthcare professionals will tell you about the detail of the anatomy, functions and factors for the bowel movements. They explain the procedure and the expectations from the process. 

Establishing a Routine:

A regular routine is established with the help of our trainers to train the senses and the foreseeable bowel motions. In this, a specific routine is set up for the bowel movements. For example, most commonly the movement is set up after a meal. 

Dietary Modifications:

These are made for the normalisation of bowel movements. Your trainers will tell you which type of food you should eat and how to increase the quantity of fibre in your child’s diet. This helps you in eliminating the constipation and other excretory issues. You are trained to eat fruits, vegetables, grains and hydration. The personalized healthcare taker will give you customized plans.

Fluid Management:

Hydration plays an important role in the health of the bowel tract. So the practitioners will help you in advising the fluid intake that is needed and is compulsory. 

Medications: 

Your trainers will recommend you some medications for easing the complications depending on your kid’s requirements. These specific medications are the stool softeners, laxatives, or suppositories. How much the quantity should be depends on the internal health of the patient. 

Bowel Emptying Techniques:

Sometimes, your professionals will tell you how to ease the excretion. This includes digital push, manual evacuation, or the use of rectal suppositories. 

Monitoring and Support: 

Throughout the whole procedure, your doctor will observe your child’s condition from close. They check if the training program has effective impacts or if some adjustments are needed. 

Bowel Management Treatment Options:

There are a number of treatment options designed for the bowel management of your child. So that they do not face any problems in stool passing. After such care, they will be able to continue the normal activities and can prevent themselves from the future complications. 

There are two main treatments available for the Bowel Management Program at Home. these are:

The Enema Program:

This is specially designed for people who have no control over their bowel movements. This is a malformation of the rectal system. An effective liquid called the enema is used to clean the bowel of the individual. This is the main goal of this solution to clean the bowel and the colon. 

The process takes around 60 minutes in a day. The enema will stay in the colon for 10 minutes and the kid needs to wait for 45 minutes in the toilet. 

The Medicine Program:

This care and cure is for children who have no control over their bowel movements. Although they stay clean but they have a slow colon action. That results in constipation. The stool stays in the same storage place for a long time and can be removed with the help of laxatives. 

The medicine program includes:

•  Laxatives
• Fibre 
• Special diet 

How to Book an Appointment?

To book your appointment here in our Enfield Royal Clinic you need to complete the form that is present below. Our professionals will meet you at the appointment and will discuss your needs. After that, you will gain home care for Bowel Management from our experts. 

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