What should patients with chronic constipation pay attention to in terms of lifestyle habits?

1, to ensure adequate water intake: water is very important to the body’s digestion, absorption, circulation, excretion, intake of sufficient water can play the role of lubrication and soften the role of stool, so that the stool is easy to discharge. You can drink 400~500ml of warm boiled water or saline water on an empty stomach in the morning, and drink 2000~2500ml of water every day, and increase or decrease the amount of water appropriately according to the season and weather. Patients without diabetes can drink yogurt and honey water every day to play the role of laxative. 2, eat enough dietary fiber: maintain an adequate diet every day on the basis of eating more vegetables and fruits, such as: celery, leeks, carrots, fungus, sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, bananas, peaches, oats and other foods to increase the content of fiber in the diet. Fiber has hydrophilic, can absorb water, so that the food residue expansion to increase the amount of feces to stimulate intestinal peristalsis, conducive to stimulate the intention to defecate and defecation reflex. 3, eat more oil-containing food: normal weight, lipid patients can eat more oil-containing food, such as: sesame seeds, peanuts and vegetable oils and other lubricating effect of the intestinal tract, can accelerate the food in the intestinal tract of the row; avoid tobacco, alcohol, strong tea, coffee and other beverages; strict control of frying, deep-fried food intake. 4, appropriate physical exercise: avoid sitting for a long time, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, it is recommended to carry out appropriate physical exercise every day, such as jogging, swimming, tai chi, walking, etc., to promote intestinal peristalsis through more exercise. For long-term bedridden patients can not get out of bed to encourage their activities in bed, such as strengthening the abdominal muscles, anal lifting, anal retraction exercises to increase the tension of the abdominal muscles, pelvic floor muscles and facilitate defecation. 5, massage abdomen: take the supine position or semi-recumbent position, feet slightly flexed, abdominal relaxation, the operator or the patient’s own hand with the size of the piriformis muscle around the patient’s umbilicus according to the direction of gastrointestinal peristalsis, the depth of the intestines in order to touch the appropriate, general subsidence of 3~5cm, 15~20 min each time, or each time the massage of the 200 laps, morning and evening every day, or in the bowel movement of the 20 min before or 2 h after meals. 6, develop the habit of regular defecation: Adopt the habit of regular defecation, take the appropriate posture of defecation. Pay attention to concentrate on defecation, don’t read or do other things at the same time, and don’t smoke in order to maintain a good defecation reflex. After waking up in the morning or after breakfast, no matter whether there is a desire to go to the toilet to squat for 10-20min, simulating the action of defecation, repeated many times, day after day to develop the habit of regular defecation, which will help to establish the defecation reflex.