I haven’t had a bowel movement in 6 days.

When the patient has no bowel movement for 6 days, it may be caused by improper diet, constipation, intestinal obstruction and other reasons.
1. Improper diet: when patients often eat spicy and sour stimulating food or usually drink less water and eat less, resulting in the body to produce too little food residue, may cause a long time without defecation.
2. Constipation: Constipation means that the frequency of defecation is reduced, the amount of feces is small and dry, if the patient has not defecated for 6 days, it may be caused by constipation, and the patient may also be accompanied by difficulty in defecation, feces dryness, blood in the feces, anal pain and other symptoms.
3. Intestinal obstruction: Intestinal obstruction is caused by intestinal foreign body, intussusception, intestinal torsion, neurological inhibition and other causes of intestinal contents through the obstacle, which is mainly manifested as abdominal pain, vomiting, abdominal distension and stopping defecation, etc. The patient did not have a bowel movement for six days may be caused by intestinal obstruction.
It is recommended that the patient should consult a doctor in time, and carry out targeted treatment after clarifying the cause of the disease, develop good habits in life, avoid staying up late or overworking, and follow the doctor’s instructions for regular checkups.