Constipation needs to be relieved according to the specific cause of the patient’s illness, mainly including psychological treatment, drug treatment, enema and surgical treatment.
1. Psychological treatment: some patients may be affected by tension, anxiety and other mood factors leading to constipation, such cases must be actively taken in the form of psychological treatment, psychological counseling, to guide patients to maintain a good state of mind.
2. Medication: Occasional constipation can be stimulating laxative drugs, such as bisacodyl to accelerate the promotion of gastrointestinal peristalsis, or osmotic drugs to help increase the water in the intestinal tract, such as polyethylene glycol, lactulose and so on to relieve constipation.
3. Enema: Giving sodium phosphate and other enemas for enema treatment can help soften the stool, thus improving constipation and promoting the discharge of stool.
4. Surgery: For patients suffering from intestinal lesions such as colon cancer, surgery is usually needed, such as total or subtotal colectomy for treatment and relief.
If constipation is not relieved, or accompanied by other symptoms, you should go to the hospital in time, and give targeted treatment after clarifying the cause.
In addition, the use of drugs need to pay attention to is to avoid excessive diarrhea, abdominal cramps and electrolyte disorders and other adverse reactions, for acute abdomen, anal rupture and other patients should be prohibited, should be under the guidance of a doctor to use the drug.