Constipation in the elderly can be relieved by adjusting lifestyle and dietary habits, applying medication such as lactulose, and surgical treatment.
1. Adjust the life and diet habits: the elderly due to the decline in digestive function, intestinal peristalsis slow, easy to constipation, usually should avoid sedentary, can be appropriate to increase the exercise, such as walking, in order to promote the gastrointestinal tract peristalsis. Should also pay attention to the diet, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, avoid eating cold, spicy and other stimulating food, and develop good defecation habits.
2. Medication: severe constipation can take lactulose or Keseru Nalgene to relieve, but the prolonged use of laxatives is easy to form a dependence, and may aggravate constipation.
3. Surgery: some patients’ constipation may be caused by intestinal obstruction or intestinal cancer and other occupying lesions, which should be treated with surgery in time if necessary.
If the symptoms of constipation in elderly patients are serious, or persist without improvement, it is recommended to go to regular hospitals in time, after clarifying the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to carry out targeted treatment.