Common patient misconceptions about constipation

As the saying goes, “If you can’t pass the stool, your mind is heavy, and if you can pass the stool, your body is easy”. With the aging of the population structure, the acceleration of the pace of modern life, the change of dietary habits, as well as the influence of social and psychological factors, people are facing a great deal of pressure, and there are more and more people suffering from constipation, which seriously affects the quality of people’s lives. In the outpatient clinic often found that many patients do not have a clear understanding of constipation, there are mainly the following types: 1, that constipation is a minor disease, do not take it seriously, the abuse of laxatives, do not carry out systematic treatment. Due to the high incidence of constipation, it is very common in life, so it does not cause concern. In fact, constipation is not an independent disease, but a symptom of the gastrointestinal tract, and many diseases can cause constipation. If you can’t get to the doctor in time, it may cause a lot of disease misdiagnosis, omission, delayed treatment. 2, that eating fruits can prevent and cure constipation, but not every kind of fruit has this effect. 3, not by the doctor, the abuse of laxatives. Many patients do not go through the doctor’s consultation, long-term use of fruit guide tablets, senna, rhubarb to maintain defecation, and finally constipation symptoms to the non-relief only to go to the treatment, the results of the colonoscopy is often found that the mucosa has been blackened, or even cancer. 4.Treatment only seeks for temporary effect, not to go to the systematic treatment. Only when we find the cause of the disease, we can prescribe the right medicine. Many patients stop using drugs after the constipation symptoms are relieved, resulting in the recurrence of constipation. 5, wrong constipation as colitis treatment, constipation and colitis treatment method is different, treatment error will aggravate the condition.