What are the treatments for constipation?

  1, general treatment: including diet, exercise, change bad habits and other aspects. For the general population without organic lesions, dietary therapy is preferred, that is, to increase fiber foods in the diet, such as bran, fruits, vegetables, etc.; exercise is very helpful for regular people to defecate, long-term bedridden patients often have constipation resulting in stool embedding; correct the tension in life, slow down the pace of work and correct long-term stool and other bad habits, for some constipated people is also vital.  2, drug treatment: despite the application of the above methods, but many constipated people also need to use laxatives to assist defecation. Occasional use of laxatives for general constipation will not cause adverse consequences, but the long-term use of laxatives, there is the possibility of causing dependence.  3, water therapy: this is a proven new therapy for the treatment of intractable constipation. Through the instrument, the sterilized and purified salt water is continuously injected into the anus, and after repeated flushing, the feces accumulated in the large intestine is discharged to remove intestinal toxins, bacteria and parasites, and restore the normal absorption and excretion function of the intestine.  4.Behavioral therapy: Defecation exercises are designated to develop good defecation habits, enhance the strength and coordination of defecation muscles, and promote the passage of colonic contents and defecation. Defecation exercise is generally carried out at breakfast or early morning after waking up, especially after breakfast, because the colon propulsion is more active during this time, easy to start defecation. Regardless of the intention to defecate, should be force to do defecation action, repeated several times, the duration is generally longer than the usual defecation time of about 5 minutes. In the process of simulated defecation, hands should be pressed against the abdomen and coughing action to enhance abdominal pressure and promote defecation. In addition, one should concentrate on not reading the newspaper, smoking or doing other things at the same time. If for initiating defecation, do it again after lunch or after dinner, and extend the time appropriately until defecation. Later, then insist on defecating at a fixed time to develop good bowel habits.  5, surgical treatment: constipation after a period of conservative treatment is still ineffective, through some means of examination to see whether there is an organic lesion, that is, whether there is a surgical disorder that requires surgical treatment.