What should I do if I’m constipated?



Severe constipation may be caused by diet, gastrointestinal tumors and other diseases for a variety of reasons, which can be relieved and cured by general treatment, medication, surgery and other treatments.

1. General treatment: develop good dietary habits, eat more vegetables and fruits and foods rich in dietary fiber to promote intestinal peristalsis and facilitate defecation, and eat less spicy and stimulating foods. You can also do proper exercise.

2. Medication: If the general treatment can not be relieved, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to take lactulose to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, play the role of laxative. You can also use corkscrew to treat, can play a good effect.

3. Surgery: patients with very serious constipation that cannot be treated with medication can be treated with surgery.

4. Other treatments: constipation caused by gastrointestinal tumors and other digestive diseases, endocrine system diseases, need to treat the primary disease first, in order to have a better effect.

If the constipation is serious, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to avoid delaying the condition.