What should I do if my bowels are dry and hard?

Dry and hard stools are often caused by dietary habits, gastrointestinal disorders and poor bowel habits, which can be relieved by improving diet, taking probiotics and having bowel movements on time. 1. Improve dietary habits: If you like to eat spicy and dry food during the day, it may lead to dry and hard stools. Improve your diet, eat more food rich in dietary fiber, and drink more water to ensure that there is enough water in the intestines, which can improve the symptoms of hard and dry stools to a certain extent. 2. Take probiotics: Gastrointestinal dysfunction will lead to slower intestinal peristalsis, which makes it difficult for the stool to be eliminated, and the intestinal tract repeatedly absorbs the water in the stool, which ultimately leads to hard and dry stools, and the symptoms can be improved by taking probiotics, such as bifidobacteria, and so on. 3. Regular defecation: If you have the urge to defecate but do not hold back, the feces stays in the intestines and is not discharged, and the water is absorbed again and again and the stool will gradually become dry and hard, so you can improve your defecation habits, defecate in time, defecate regularly, and defecate once a day or twice a day, which can alleviate the symptom of hard and dry stool to a certain extent. Dry and hard stools are usually caused by lifestyle habits. If the symptoms are still not relieved after improving lifestyle habits, or if they have already affected your daily life, it is recommended to go to the hospital to find out the cause of the problem and then treat it.