Many people who are constipated do not care much about why they are constipated and use corkage or laxatives to solve the problem when it strikes, but afterwards they often remain the same and become constipated on a regular basis. Most people are afraid that they do not know why constipation always occurs in a specific group of people, and do not know how to completely solve this problem. In fact, to completely improve constipation I’m afraid we need to start by changing our lifestyle habits, so let’s first understand why you are constipated, and then we will know how to relieve constipation.
Causes.
The process of functional constipation occurs gradually, initially it may happen when there is no stool intention, at first once a day toilet, then due to change in lifestyle habits or other reasons, not every day, only once a few days on the toilet, then over time the body also adapted, like forming a habit. Therefore, I am afraid that evoking the urge to stool is the most desirable thing for most friends who are troubled by constipation.
Diet.
Nowadays, people’s diet is too fine, there is little residue after the digestion of food, if you do not eat vegetables and other high-fiber foods, this situation will lead to the colon can not form enough volume of stool, it is difficult to produce the desire to stool every day. Some women with constipation eat less for the same reason, eating too little to form enough volume of stool to induce bowel movements.
If the stool cannot be excreted every day and remains in the body for too long and becomes dry and hard, the longer it takes, the more difficult it is to excrete. Therefore, the countermeasure is to encourage constipation patients to eat more fiber-containing foods, and to ensure that they drink enough water every day, because fiber is not digested by the body, but can absorb water and expand like a sponge, so that the stool does not become too large for the liver and maintain enough volume to stimulate the intestines to produce bowel movements.
Do not like to exercise, do not drink enough water.
For example, sitting in the office all day or sitting all night because of mahjong, insufficient water and too little activity is a major characteristic of these people. Too little exercise will make the colon peristalsis reduced, fecal matter in the intestines stay too long, too much water absorption feces become dry and hard, the volume becomes smaller difficult to discharge. In addition, because of the low water supplementation intestines will supplement the absorption of more water in the stool, making the stool dry and hard.
Ageing.
Constipation is more common in the elderly, mainly related to age, plus the reduced activity of the elderly, making it more likely to occur. For the elderly constipation medication needs to pay attention to: laxatives can be preferred volumetric laxatives and osmotic laxatives, for patients with severe constipation, can also be short-term moderate application of stimulant laxatives, but do not rely on stimulant laxatives, otherwise it will be used more and more to no medicine available.
Other causes.
Emotional blame or dysbiosis: due to work tension, mental factors, etc. disrupt the normal bowel habits, such as in the irritable bowel syndrome constipation type, the functional state of the intestines affected by mental factors or dysbiosis, by this cause of constipation occurs more often in young women.
Drug-dependent constipation: abuse of stimulant laxatives, forming drug dependence resulting in stubborn constipation. Why we do not recommend the general use of laxatives to relieve constipation is because laxatives are also divided into many kinds, can not be used casually, although the use of stimulant laxatives have immediate effect, but if long-term use will lead to laxative dependence, until later with a very large number of laxatives also do not respond, will be very painful and tricky.
Intestinal abnormalities: such as congenital megacolon, colonic redundancy, etc. This is mainly due to developmental defects, so that the lack of nerve receptors in the intestine to feel and produce bowel movement, the loss of normal people defecate to empty the intestinal regulation function, is the organic constipation.
So what should I do?
The above summarizes the common causes of constipation, from the causes of constipation occurrence to introduce several key points in the treatment of constipation is summarized as follows.
1, morning + breakfast: people are born with two defecation “natural time”: one is the morning “up reflex”; the other is the “stomach – colon reflex” after eating. When you get up in the morning, from lying to sitting to standing, your intestinal peristalsis will increase, and your intestines will produce a huge peristaltic wave to help you push out the stool. After breakfast, the gastrocolic reflex is obvious (the stomach informs the colon to move quickly), creating another “time of day” for defecation. So wake up the natural defecation reflex to improve constipation has a multiplier effect.
2, exercise: the benefits of exercise need not be said, for the improvement of constipation is also beneficial, exercise can increase intestinal peristalsis, hospital patients after gastrointestinal surgery doctors also encourage patients to get out of bed as soon as possible, the purpose is to promote intestinal peristalsis recovery.
3, eat more fruits and vegetables: this is well understood, eat more crude fiber, vegetables, fruits and other compound containing fiber food, need to account for a certain proportion to play a laxative effect, while supplementing sufficient water. Do a good diet structure to diversify, coarse and fine grains mixed, meat and vegetables with.
4, develop regular bowel habits, do not hold: and develop good bowel habits, such as morning bowel movements, avoid defecating while playing cell phones and reading newspapers. In addition, don’t hold it, if you deliberately hold it back when it comes, it will lead to the fading of it in the long run and cause functional constipation, so people who are prone to constipation should pay attention to avoid holding it back.
5, laxatives: recommended polyethylene glycol, lactulose such laxatives, safer to use, is not absorbed sugar electrolyte mixture, such laxatives play a mild laxative effect, the effect is slow, the principle is to soften the stool, so that it is easy to discharge, can be taken for a long time, does not produce drug resistance. Avoid frequent use of stimulant laxatives.
6, other: for long-term chronic constipation, fecal impaction may occur, should first remove the embedded stool and then comprehensive treatment; should try to stop using drugs that cause constipation, pay attention to change the lifestyle. Functional constipation is caused by disorder of bowel function and can be changed and relieved by adjusting living habits. Organic constipation refers to constipation caused by organic diseases, such as a tumor on the colon, blocking most of the intestinal cavity, feces can not pass, and how to eat more vegetables, but still constipation, to remove the cause of organic lesions to relieve constipation symptoms. Generally speaking, most people’s constipation is functional constipation, but like half a month did not pull a patient should be alert, is not organic constipation, it is best to go to the hospital to seek help attached: constipation treatment principles.
The purpose of constipation treatment is to relieve symptoms and restore normal intestinal dynamics and defecation physiological function. The general principle is individualized comprehensive treatment, including the recommendation of a reasonable dietary structure, the establishment of correct defecation habits, adjusting the mental and psychological state; etiological treatment of those with a clear cause; long-term application of laxative maintenance treatment, should avoid the abuse of laxatives.