The treatments for severe constipation include medication, surgery, lifestyle adjustment, etc. The specific treatment should be determined by the doctor according to the patient’s condition.
1. Medications: Common medications for severe constipation include senna, cecrops, liquid paraffin, lactulose, mannitol, etc., which are effective in stimulating intestinal peristalsis, inducing diarrhea and relieving constipation. Doctors will apply different medications according to different situations, and should standardize medication treatment under the guidance of doctors.
2. Surgical treatment: For patients whose drug treatment is ineffective or whose severe constipation affects their normal life, surgical treatment, such as intestinal resection, can be considered.
3. Adjustment of lifestyle: patients with severe constipation, while following the doctor’s instructions for treatment, they also need to pay attention to drinking more water in daily life, eat more fiber-rich food, and develop good defecation habits, appropriate exercise, so as to improve gastrointestinal function and promote the recovery of the disease.
In case of severe constipation, patients need to go to the anorectal department or gastroenterology department of the hospital in time, and at the same time, actively correct the bad habits, so as not to aggravate the disease.