Constipation in older adults can be caused by physical factors such as aging and poor lifestyle habits, or it can be caused by disease.
Incontinence in the elderly can be caused by physiological factors and pathological factors.
1. Physiological factors: (1) First of all, due to aging, gastrointestinal peristalsis slows down, less secretion, and decreased rectal sensitivity, so that the stool stays in the intestine for a long time, water absorption, resulting in dry stools and can not be pulled out. (2) bad habits: such as eating less, intake of fruits and vegetables containing less fiber food, reduced activity and other bad habits, are not conducive to stool discharge. (3) mental tension and anxiety, also not conducive to stool discharge. 2, pathological factors: the most common intestinal lesions, intestinal tumors, hernias, rectal prolapse will lead to stool outlet obstruction, causing defecation; systemic diseases such as tumors, diabetes, organ failure, cerebrovascular lesions, etc. will affect the defecation function, resulting in constipation. 3, drugs: the elderly due to constipation abuse of laxatives, will reduce finger intestinal In addition, some psychotropic drugs, calcium channel blockers, diuretics and other antihypertensive drugs can also lead to constipation.
Constipation in older adults is caused by a combination of many of these factors, and it is recommended that patients first rule out disease as a cause of constipation, and then take regular oral medications to improve constipation as prescribed by their physicians.