The feeling of no bowel movement in the elderly may be caused by too little eating, which needs no treatment, or it may be caused by intestinal obstruction, which needs to be treated by gastrointestinal decompression and surgery according to the cause.
1. Eating too little: If the elderly usually eat less, the gastrointestinal tract produces less food residue, at this time, the elderly may have no bowel movement. This is a normal physiological phenomenon and does not require any treatment.
2. Intestinal obstruction: If the elderly have intestinal obstruction, they may not feel like having a bowel movement. For patients with intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal decompression treatment can be adopted, and some patients also need to take surgery to simply release the obstruction, intestinal resection and intestinal anastomosis and other surgical treatments.
It is recommended that the elderly do not have bowel movement sensation need to consult a doctor in time, if it is caused by physiological factors, no need for treatment. If it is caused by a disease, it is necessary to choose the appropriate measures according to the cause of treatment.