Frequent bowel movements after cardiac surgery may be caused by postoperative stress reaction, weakened gastrointestinal function, cold abdomen, etc. If the patient is accompanied by other uncomfortable symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital immediately.
1. Post-operative stress reaction: Heart surgery is relatively large, and it is easy to stimulate the gastrointestinal nerves, leading to increased peristaltic function, which makes the patient have more frequent bowel movements.
2. Weakening of gastrointestinal function: after cardiac surgery, patients are affected by anesthetics, drugs and other factors, which will easily lead to a decrease in gastrointestinal function, which will cause an increase in the number of bowel movements after surgery. This situation is generally more obvious in the perioperative period, after a period of time can be improved on their own.
3. Abdominal cold: due to the wound healing after cardiac surgery patients need to consume a lot of energy, the body’s immune system is reduced, under the influence of the external environment, it will easily affect the intestinal function, resulting in intestinal infections, which will make the patients have more stools.