What are the dangers of constipation?

The hazards of constipation include affecting the quality of life, increasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases and even causing cancer. 1. Affect the quality of life: constipation is very common, but if long-term constipation, it will seriously affect the quality of life. Repeated constipation is a difficult thing to talk about, which will increase anxiety and irritability. In addition, fecal blockage in the intestinal tract will lead to intestinal obstruction, causing abdominal pain and bloating and other symptoms, which will affect daily life. 2. Increase the risk of disease: long-term constipation will increase the risk of disease, especially for elderly patients or patients with long-term hypertension and other basic diseases, the stool can not be discharged in time, the body’s metabolic mechanism is impaired, which will increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents, such as cerebral hemorrhage, sudden death and so on. 3. Carcinogenic: long-term constipation, feces blockage in the intestinal tract, bacterial growth of various toxins accumulate in the intestinal tract, over time, there may be intestinal cancer. Constipation may also have other hazards, so it should not be taken lightly, and should be timely to the hospital, improve the examination and clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or treatment under the guidance of the doctor.