Symptom Management Guidelines: CONSTIPATION
trouble emptying your bladder – possible spinal cord compression - Diarrhea accompanying constipation – possible leaking around fecal impaction - Rectal bleeding or pain - Loss of appetite ... No bowel movement for >3 days and not responding to a bowel protocol
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