Many people have experienced constipation, which often manifests itself as fewer than 2-3 bowel movements in a week, straining to pass stools, hard and dry stools, and difficulty in defecating. For diabetic patients, constipation is particularly common, especially among elderly diabetics. According to statistics, about 2/3 of diabetic patients have a history of constipation, diabetic constipation is a common complication of diabetes. 1, the causes of constipation in diabetic patients ① and diabetes complications autonomic neuropathy. The neurological complications related to diabetes can involve any part of the nervous system, and diabetic peripheral and autonomic neuropathy are common. Hyperglycemia, polyol pathways, non-enzymatic glycation, and free radical oxidative stress are the etiology of diabetic neuropathy. When diabetic neuropathy develops into progressive irreversible nerve damage, neuropathy, neurological constipation, gastroparesis, abnormal sweating, etc. can occur. ②Inappropriate diet. Patients have multiple misconceptions due to diabetes, such as eating too little and often avoiding fruits. As elderly diabetic patients, who have an economic base, rarely eat vegetables and fibrous foods, often high-fat meals are common, in addition, due to sweating and age, often accompanied by infarction and other diseases, can not be timely hydration. Most patients are more stubborn, and health education often fails to achieve the desired effect. ③Long bed rest, reduced activity, and weakness of abdominal muscle contraction. Due to their high age, the existence of a variety of diseases, and even suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, life is completely unable to take care of themselves, long-term bed rest, resulting in abdominal muscle contraction weakness, intestinal peristalsis is weakened; some patients who can partially take care of themselves, but their lives are often replaced by family members or nannies, resulting in some patients each time to relieve stool need to open plug anal plug. 2, diabetic patients constipation solutions ① drink more water, drink more water to help the formation of water in the stool, can make the stool gradually softened, get up in the morning to drink a glass of light salt water is also possible, drink a little honey water is also possible, get up in the morning a spoon, half a spoon to drink a little honey water or can. This is because honey will have some oil that can help lubricate the stool. ② Slow peristalsis of the colon, resulting in poorly formed stools. Staying inside the intestines for too long also tends to cause constipation, this time to eat some coarse fiber, such as eating celery, leek, so that the colon peristalsis faster. leek celery lettuce ③ the power of the stomach can not, from the stomach can not be discharged, this time should eat soluble dietary fiber, such as eating seaweed, eat some soy beans, to help the stomach peristalsis normal, making stool formation excluded. Seaweed soybean 4, in vitro massage. Massage the colon area clockwise after a meal to help them pass the stool smoothly. If really these methods are not able to help the bowel discharge, and very painful, this time with the help of external forces, such as the use of some clinical treatment drugs to help the bowel discharge. Constipation is a very common cause of diabetes, especially heart disease, and should be addressed promptly.