Constipation, what a familiar and dear word. You may be completely ignorant of many medical terms if you are not a medical professional, but you must be well aware of the concept of constipation, because it is likely that you have experienced, or perhaps are experiencing, constipation – knowing that one in three people in the general population are constipated. What is constipation To manage your constipation, you must first understand what constipation is. But I’m afraid that many of you don’t really know what constipation is, for example, if you can’t have a bowel movement once a day. In fact, constipation does not exist as a unified standard, but varies according to the individual’s physical condition and other factors. Generally speaking, constipation is considered to be more than once every 3 or 4 days. However, it should be noted that even if you have a bowel movement once every 2 days, if you feel difficult to defecate, hard stools, and a stuffy abdomen, you are still considered constipated. Constipation is not a disease, but it’s a real nuisance Constipation is not even a “disease” – it’s essentially a common symptom that can be triggered by a variety of complex factors, either alone or in combination, just like fever and cough – yet it It can make you feel all sorts of unexplainable depression: others go into the bathroom for three or five minutes and come out, but you are still there after a quarter of an hour, trying your best, gasping for air, with red cheeks; you often feel that you can’t poop cleanly, and you can’t finish, and many people with habitual constipation feel bloated like a drum, stuffy and uncomfortable for years and years. Constipation is not that difficult if it is only a physical problem, but it can also lead to psychological problems: people who suffer from constipation for a long time may experience depression, restlessness and insomnia, and other psychological disorders. Another type of suffering is the subject of the following discussion – the fear that constipation can lead to a serious health and life-threatening disease: colorectal cancer. Any medical opinion must be substantiated by research in order to stand up. Take a look at the latest descriptions of what constitutes a risk factor for colorectal cancer from the world’s leading medical institutions, and gradually you may get the feeling that something is not right. For example, the American Cancer Society, a leading cancer authority, lists the following risk factors for colorectal cancer: As with many other cancers: Age: More than 90 percent of all colorectal cancer patients are over 50 years old. Intestinal polyps But not all intestinal polyps lead to colorectal cancer. Certain inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), a collective term for a large group of inflammatory bowel diseases, are closely related to colorectal cancer, including the well-known “Crohn’s disease” (typical symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea, intestinal obstruction, recurrent and difficult to cure) and chronic ulcerative colitis, among others. Genetic factors, medically known as family history. Lifestyle: smoking, alcohol consumption, diets high in red meat, lack of dietary fiber, obesity, lack of exercise, etc. Why do some people get colorectal cancer even though they do not account for all the above risk factors? I am sorry: modern medicine is not clear.