What are the dangers of constipation?

  After pooping, do you feel good? Normal bowel movement is a very natural process, only after a long time to hold back the stool or a long period of constipation, you will feel very good. Long-term constipation, however, is a very unpleasant thing if the symptoms are severe.  Long-term constipation causes a lot of harm. Now the main known hazards are: 1, causing anorectal disorders. Constipation, defecation difficulties, dry stool, can directly cause or strengthen the anorectal disorders. Such as proctitis, hemorrhoids, etc.. Constipated patients often due to local congestion and dry hard fecal abrasions lead to anal fissures, anal sinusitis recurring after a long time.  2, gastrointestinal nerve dysfunction. Constipation, fecal retention, absorption of harmful substances can cause gastrointestinal nerve dysfunction and cause loss of appetite, abdominal distension, belching, bitter mouth, anal exhaust and other performance.  3, fecal impaction, intestinal obstruction. A lot of hard fecal block stagnation embedded in the rectum can not be discharged. If the diagnosis is not made in time, it can cause sudden death of middle-aged and elderly people with potentially dangerous diseases. A large number of fecal lumps accumulated in the intestinal cavity can cause acute or chronic intestinal obstruction, with symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, vomiting, and stopping exhaustion.  4. Formation of fecal ulcers. Harder fecal masses compress the intestinal cavity to narrow the intestinal cavity and the structures around the pelvis, hinder the expansion of the colon, make the rectum or colon under pressure and form fecal ulcers, which can cause intestinal perforation in serious cases. Cecal ulcers are commonly found in elderly people with poor nutritional status and long-term bedridden patients.  5.Colon cancer. It may be due to constipation and prolonged retention of carcinogens in the intestine, and long-term constipation is considered to be one of the factors inducing colon cancer.  6, induce heart, cerebrovascular disease attack. Clinically, there is an increasing trend of heart and cerebrovascular disease attacks caused by constipation and forceful increase of abdominal pressure and breath-holding to defecate. Such as induced angina pectoris, myocardial infarction attack, cerebral hemorrhage, sudden death from stroke, etc.. The middle-aged and elderly in the toilet when excessive force is very likely to induce sudden cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, which is “many people die on the toilet”; so the prevention and control of constipation for such patients has been listed as an important measure.  7, affect the brain function. Constipation when the metabolic products for a long time in the digestive tract, the role of bacteria produce a large number of harmful substances, such as methane, phenol, ammonia, etc., these substances part of the diffusion into the central nervous system, interference with brain function, highlighting the performance of memory loss, distraction, slow thinking, etc.. Constipation can aggravate senile dementia.  8, cause sexual life disorders. This is due to each prolonged forceful defecation, so that rectal fatigue, anal contraction is too tight and the pelvic floor spasmodic contraction, resulting in non-ejaculation or libido loss, sexual life without orgasm, etc..  9, causing gynecological disorders. Constipation is prone to dysmenorrhea, vaginal cramps, and production of urinary retention, urinary tract infections and other symptoms.  10, female constipation, affecting beauty. Constipation patients with long-term accumulation of intestinal metabolites, increased absorption of toxins in the body, resulting in disorders of metabolism, endocrine disorders and imbalance of trace elements, resulting in skin pigmentation, itching, blanching, dry hair, and chloasma, acne and acne, etc., skin color change, skin aging and degeneration.  The above hazards, although not all patients appear, are enough to show that the prevention and treatment of constipation must be strengthened in daily life to drive it away.