Constipation hazards and treatment Constipation, strictly speaking, is a group of symptoms, not a disease, and can be caused by a variety of diseases. Its main symptoms include: difficult, time-consuming and laborious defecation, little defecation, hard stool, anal swelling and incomplete bowel movement, with or without abdominal pain, bloating, blood in the stool, anal pain and irritable mood. Epidemiological studies have concluded that constipation is associated with age, gender, dietary structure and social factors such as occupation and literacy. The prevalence of constipation increases with age and is more common in women than men, with a ratio of about 1:2.75. After excluding constipation due to extracolonic and rectal etiologies and organic lesions of the colorectum and anal canal, constipation is generally classified into three types: colonic slow transmission type, outlet obstruction type, and colonic slow transmission + outlet obstruction type. Chinese medicine according to the different etiological mechanisms are divided into: hot constipation, cold constipation, gas constipation, deficiency constipation four types. A, the hazards of constipation constipation is summarized, there are the following points: 1, affect the beauty: constipated patients due to prolonged retention of fecal mass in the intestinal tract, abnormal fermentation, corruption can produce a large number of harmful toxins, prone to acne, facial pigmentation, rashes, etc.. 2, leading to obesity: toxins lead to edema of the colon, the lower body blood circulation slowed down, easy to form a pear-shaped body and fat stomach. 3.Produce body odor: The accumulation of toxins can cause bad breath and body odor. 4, diet tasteless: constipation can make the abdomen bloated, produce nausea, anorexia, food and tasteless. 5, neurasthenia: constipation patients can have irritability, restlessness, insomnia and other symptoms. 6, cause dysmenorrhea: chronic constipation patients due to long-term pelvic muscle stimulation, often can cause dysmenorrhea. 7, decreased libido: patients with chronic constipation can have decreased libido, leading to impotence and premature ejaculation in men, and coldness or lack of orgasm in women, resulting in reduced quality of sexual life. 8, concurrent diseases: constipation patients can be complicated by anorectal disease, such as hemorrhoids, anal fissure, rectal prolapse and colonic diverticulum. In addition, also prone to urticaria, asthma and other allergic diseases and gallstone disease, headaches and shoulder coagulation and many other diseases. 9, induce cancer: in addition, can also induce breast cancer: constipation patients with harmful toxins continue to stimulate the intestinal mucosa, prone to colon cancer, in addition to breast cancer can also be induced. 10, causing sudden death: especially hypertension, coronary heart disease and other cardiovascular disease patients, severe constipation of anal rage can make a sharp rise in blood pressure, resulting in stroke or even sudden death. Second, constipation how to treat it? 1, first by regulating diet, eat more coarse grains, fruits and vegetables, drink more water. Develop good habits and participate in more physical activities. Correct bad bowel habits, do not read books and newspapers for a long time when toileting. 2, not long-term use of laxatives (especially anthraquinones) to help defecation, not only may cause dependence, so that the symptoms of constipation aggravated, and may even cause colon melanosis. Our department in the treatment of constipation through Chinese medicine dialectical treatment, and achieved significant results. 3, after a period of conservative treatment does not work, can consider surgical treatment. At present, our department carries out the surgery of exit obstruction type constipation, such as the use of puborectalis muscle partial incision hanging wire surgery for pelvic floor loss delay syndrome, PPH surgery for prolapse of rectum and rectal prolapse, with remarkable effect.