Pooping once a week is related to constipation, organic diseases, and fasting status.
1. Constipation: It refers to defecation less than 3 times a week or defecation is often difficult. It is mainly caused by too little water intake, long-term non-exercise and other factors. Long-term constipation can easily lead to obesity, skin pigmentation, but also complications such as prolapse, anal fissure, hemorrhoids, rectal tumors and other complications. Constipation should identify the cause, do not abuse laxatives.
2. Organic diseases: such as intestinal obstruction, megacolon and other intestinal diseases, such diseases can make the intestinal contraction function affected, resulting in the accumulation of feces in the intestinal tract can not be discharged, need to be given surgical treatment.
3. Fasting status: If the patient is in fasting for a long period of time, there may be the situation of having a bowel movement once a week.
It is important to pay attention to once a week feces, identify the cause and give symptomatic treatment, not self-medication.