Rectal mucosal laxity in the elderly may be caused by anatomical factors, increased abdominal pressure and other factors, which need to be judged by the doctor according to the actual situation.
1. Anatomical factors: it may be due to the weakness of the anorectal muscles and the pelvic floor fascia in the elderly, thus weakening the fixation and supportive effect of the perirectal tissues on the rectum and causing the phenomenon of relaxation of the rectal mucosa in the elderly.
2. Increased abdominal pressure: generally due to the elderly may be constipation, diarrhea, prostate hypertrophy, urinary difficulties and other symptoms, so that the abdominal pressure is often elevated, pushing the rectal mucosa down, rectal mucosal relaxation.
Elderly people with rectal mucosal relaxation should pay attention to maintaining good defecation habits, after the emergence of uncomfortable symptoms, you need to go to the hospital in a timely manner for examination, after clarifying the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to choose the appropriate way of treatment, to avoid aggravation of the condition.