Re: bowel obstruction and fiber in diet
From: Sarah James (sjames@heart.thi.tmc.edu)
Tue Sep 24 15:23:38 2002
At Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Christine M. Smith wrote:
>
>Hi!
>
>I've been wondering about the amount of fiber that should be in a
>person's diet when he/she has bowel adhesions. I've been following a
>high fiber, "heart healthy" diet and wonder if this is actually making
>my pain worse. I think I read one of the e-mails David Wiseman refers
>to where the person was put on a LOW residue diet because of bowel
>adhesions. So now I am wondering if I am making my problem worse. It's
>confusing-a high fiber diet will expand the bowel, which you would think
>would stretch adhesions, and possibly cause pain. However, a low
>residue diet makes it harder for the bowel to move things along. ????
>
>Chris S.
Dear Chris,
I am experiencing a similar situation with bowel adhesions from colon
surgery, and I too have wondered about high fiber versus low residue
diets. Which diet plan do you recommend?
Sarah J.