What should I do if I’m constipated and only have a bowel movement once a week?

Constipation only once a week stool may suggest chronic transmission constipation, can be through appropriate exercise, clockwise massage abdomen, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and crude fiber food, appropriate oral probiotics, pro-dynamics and laxatives and other ways to help defecation.
Constipation patients only once a week stool may suggest chronic transmission constipation, that is, gastrointestinal peristalsis slowed down due to function. Various methods can be used to speed up the gastrointestinal tract peristalsis, such as appropriate exercise, clockwise massage of the abdomen, etc., and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and coarse fiber food.
In addition, also need to develop a good habit of defecation on time, do not hold stool and hold back stool, no matter whether there is no intention to stool, try to squat in the morning when you get up once, but the time should not be too long, within five minutes is better.
If there is still no improvement through the above methods, you can take oral probiotics, such as Bifidobacterium bifidum triple or quadruple live bacteria to regulate the intestinal flora, and at the same time with mosapride to promote intestinal peristalsis, or use polyethylene glycol 4000 bulk, lactulose and other safe laxatives to promote bowel movement.
The above medications are recommended to be used under the guidance of a medical professional. If constipation continues to be unrelieved, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital in time, complete the relevant examinations, and then carry out the appropriate treatment under the guidance of a professional physician.