Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition

Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition 3(2+1)

Lesson 17:Old Age–Nutritional Requirement

Constipation and dehydration

• Low fluid intake
• Low fibre diet
• Disturbance in peristaltic movements and natural contractions of the colon due to loss of muscle tone, stress, medication, illness, resisting the urge to defecate, pain due to haemorrhoids, lack of exercise, and excessive usage of laxatives