Constipation is very distressing, it is necessary to understand the dangers of constipation!

Hazard 1: Causes intestinal diseases (1) dry and hard stools —– anal canal fissure pain (anal fissure). Causes anal sinusitis, anal papillomegaly, fissured hemorrhoids, anal carbuncle, anal fistula, hemorrhoid bleeding, blood loss, anemia. (2) Difficulty in defecation, prolonged squatting and strong straining, causing prolapse, endorectal prolapse, rectal protrusion, perineal descent, etc. (3) Increased pressure in the rectum, causing abdominal distension, nausea, eructation, regurgitation, abdominal discomfort, and lower abdominal pain. (4) prolonged retention of feces in the rectum, causing proctitis, cryptitis, anal papillitis, a feeling of falling, and a feeling of unclean bowel movements. Hazard 2: the impact on the whole body (1) constipated patients defecate for a long time squatting strong efforts —- can reflexively affect the whole body, resulting in dizziness, headache, insomnia, forgetfulness, senile dementia, physical weakness. (2) Stool stagnation in the intestine, triggering abdominal distension, reflexive impact on heart rate and coronary blood volume, heart rate disorders, increased respiratory distress. (3) Constipation is a danger signal for patients with cerebrovascular malformation and hypertension → cerebral hemorrhage. Hazard 3: Effects on the psyche It can make patients irritable, inattentive, work efficiency decreases, sense of dependence on drugs, mental tension, anxiety, depression, frustration and even pessimism or light-heartedness. Hazard 4: Bacterial flora disorder Constipation is the main culprit of bacterial fermentation in the intestine, which increases the incidence of intestinal cancer and aggravates the disease. When gynecologists investigated women’s breast diseases, they conducted cytological examination of women’s breast milk and secretions, and found that 23.2% of women with constipation had abnormal breast cell development (pre-cancerous breast lesions), while only 5.1% of women without constipation had abnormal breast cell development. Hazard 6: cause pediatric disease (1) long-term constipation —- food dregs often stagnate in the intestine, fermentation and corruption under the action of intestinal bacteria, producing toxic substances, absorbed by the intestinal wall into the blood, and then through the circulatory system to various organs. After the toxins reach the brain, the brain nerves are viciously stimulated, which hinders the normal function of the brain nerves, memory loss, and the ability to think logically and creatively are affected; (2) children with a history of constipation, because the swollen rectum compresses the bladder wall, resulting in a reduction in bladder capacity, frequent urination during the day and night urination. Foreign experts have found that a large proportion of children with constipation have enuresis, and some people have investigated 25 cases of children with enuresis, of which 22 cases are persistently constipated. Hazard 7: affect the aesthetics (1) because the stool in the intestinal tract for too long, the toxic gases and toxins in the stool to find a way out, evaporating from the skin. Therefore, the incidence of long-term constipation, acne, freckles, dark spots is higher, the skin is rough, the face is colorless, loss of moisturizing, affecting the beauty of the appearance. (2) fecal accumulation in the intestinal tract makes the abdomen swollen and bloated, the formation of “general belly”, affecting the beauty of the body. Warm reminder: constipation seriously affects the quality of life, in life we should know the hazards of constipation, mild constipation can be self-adjustment, if the symptoms of constipation is heavy, it is recommended that early diagnosis and treatment in the hospital.