What should I do if I don’t have a bowel movement?

The lack of bowel movement may be due to physiological factors such as excessive dieting and prolonged bed rest, or it may be caused by hemorrhoids, intestinal obstruction and other disease factors, which need to be treated with general measures, medication and surgery.
1. Physiological factors: excessive dieting, prolonged bed rest, drinking too little water, eating spicy and stimulating food, may lead to gastrointestinal peristalsis slowing down and digestion and absorption function is incomplete, there has been the situation of no bowel movement. Such a situation, need to eat a reasonable diet, eat more dietary fiber-rich foods, appropriate exercise, increase water intake, can increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, relieve the symptoms of constipation.
2. hemorrhoids: has not been stool may also be due to hemorrhoids. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions oral laxatives, such as lactulose, polyethylene glycol, etc., if necessary, to take hemorrhoidectomy and other surgical treatment.
3. intestinal obstruction: has not been bowel movement is also considered to be caused by intestinal obstruction. The patient can first fasting water, gastrointestinal decompression and other conservative treatments according to the situation, if ineffective can be taken to simply release the obstruction of surgery, intestinal resection, intestinal anastomosis, intestinal short-circuit anastomosis and other surgical treatments.
There are many reasons that cause patients not to have bowel movement all the time, they should find out the cause of the disease and actively cooperate with doctors to take treatment measures.