Does constipation have an effect on sexual function?

Constipation, can be divided into acute constipation and chronic constipation. The causes of chronic constipation are complex and are often accompanied by neuropsychiatric symptoms. Many adult women suffer from chronic constipation, which is often accompanied by an irregular sex life or low libido. Rectal-anal manometry in adult women with unexplained chronic constipation has revealed tight anal contractions and unstable pressure. These women tend to have dysmenorrhea, vaginal cramps, low libido, and lack of orgasm. Women with chronic constipation, due to the spasmodic contraction of the pelvic floor, not only cause difficulty in bowel movement, but also prone to urinary retention, urinary tract infections, and often accompanied by frequent urination, urinary pain and other symptoms, sexual life is difficult to achieve orgasm, over time, will produce low libido, lack of orgasm. Pubococcygeus muscle attached to the pubic bone and tailbone, as if a taut “hammock”, supporting all the organs in the pelvis and perineal muscles, involved in the contraction of the vaginal function, perfect defecation and promote the vaginal grip, so that couples have a more harmonious and healthy sex life. However, if the wife suffers from chronic constipation, the pubococcygeus muscle is in a state of tension for a long time, sex is prone to pain phenomenon, sex life is naturally difficult to harmonize.