What are the causes and harms of constipation? What are the precautions when constipated?

Constipation is a more common endocrine abnormality disease in life, due to the influence of constipation, grayscale health causes many adverse effects, so it needs to be adjusted and recovered in time, so what are the causes and harms of constipation?What are the precautions when constipated? There are many causes of constipation, and there are many harms, so let's learn more about the specific content.

1. Causes of constipation

1. Organic

(1) Intestinal lumen stenosis or obstruction caused by tumors, inflammation or other causes of intestinal organic lesions.

(2) Rectal and anal lesions, intrarectal prolapse, hemorrhoids, prerectal bulge, puborectal hypertrophy, septachypubia, pelvic floor disease, etc.

(3) Endocrine or metabolic diseases, diabetes, hypothyroidism, parathyroid diseases, etc.

(4) Systemic diseases such as scleroderma, lupus erythematosus, etc.

(5) Nervous system diseases, central brain diseases, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury and peripheral neuropathy.

(6) Intestinal smooth muscle or neurogenic lesions.

(7) Neuromuscular lesions of the colon, pseudointestinal obstruction, Hirschsprung's disease, megarectum, etc.

(8) Neuropsychological disorders.

(9) Drug-induced factors such as iron, opioids, antidepressants, antiparkinson's drugs, calcium channel antagonists, diuretics and antihistamines.

2. Functionality

The cause of functional constipation is unknown, but its occurrence is related to a variety of factors, including:

(1) Eating a small amount or food lacking fiber or insufficient water reduces the stimulation of colonic motility.

(2) Interference with normal bowel habits due to work tension, fast pace of life, changes in the nature and time of work, and mental factors.

(3) Caused by colonic motor dysfunction, commonly found in irritable bowel syndrome, caused by colon and sigmoid colon spasm, in addition to constipation, abdominal pain or bloating, some patients can manifest constipation and diarrhea alternately.

(4) Insufficient abdominal muscle and pelvic muscle tone, insufficient defecation push, and difficulty in excreting feces.

(5) Abuse of laxatives, forming drug dependence and causing constipation.

(6) Difficulty in defecation due to frailty, low activity, and intestinal spasm in the elderly, or due to prolonged colon.

2. Detailed explanation of constipation

There is less stool, and there are fewer stools; Difficult, laborious bowel movements; Poor bowel movements; Dry, hard stools, unclean bowel movements; Constipation is accompanied by abdominal pain or discomfort. Some patients also have insomnia, irritability, dreaminess, depression, anxiety and other mental and psychological disorders.

3. Detailed explanation of the dangers of constipation

1. Cause anorectal diseases. When constipation, constipation is difficult, and the stool is dry, which can directly cause or strengthen anorectal disease. Such as proctitis, anal fissure, hemorrhoids, etc.

2. Gastrointestinal nerve dysfunction. In constipation, fecal retention, and the absorption of harmful substances can cause gastrointestinal nerve dysfunction and loss of appetite, abdominal distention, belching, bitter mouth, and anal gas.

3. Formation of fecal ulcers. The stiff fecal mass compresses the intestinal lumen and narrows the intestinal lumen and the surrounding pelvic structures, hinders the expansion of the colon, compresses the rectum or colon and forms fecal ulcers, and in severe cases, intestinal perforation.

4. Colon cancer. It may be caused by constipation that carcinogens in the intestine cannot be eliminated for a long time, according to data, about 10% of people with severe constipation develop colon cancer.

5. Induce the onset of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Clinically, the onset of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases caused by straining to increase abdominal pressure due to constipation and holding breath to strain during defecation has increased year by year. Such as inducing angina, myocardial infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, sudden death from stroke, etc.

6. Cause sexual disorders. This is due to the fatigue of the rectum, the contraction of the anus is too tight, and the spasmodic contraction of the pelvic floor is caused by the prolonged straining of the bowel movement, so that there is no ejaculation or decreased desire, and there is no orgasm during sexual life.

7. It is easy for women to happendysmenorrhea, spasms of the female genitals, and produce urinary retention, urinary tract infections and other symptoms.

8. Affect brain function. When constipation, metabolites are stagnant in the digestive tract for a long time, and the action of bacteria produces a large number of harmful substances, such as methane, phenol, ammonia, etc., which partially diffuse into the central nervous system and interfere with brain function, which is prominently manifested as memory loss, distraction, and sluggish thinking.

4. Precautions for constipation

1. There must be an appropriate amount of fiber in the diet. (e.g., cereals, all-packets, etc., these fibrous foods can soften hard stools and make them easy to excrete);

2. Eat a certain amount of vegetables and fruits every day, eat an apple on an empty stomach in the morning and evening, or eat 1-3 bananas before each meal;

3. Carry out appropriate physical activities, strengthen physical exercise, such as supine leg curl, squat and stand up, cycling, etc. can strengthen abdominal exercise, pregnant women should actively walk, do some light housework to move the body to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help promote bowel movements;

4. Drink a glass of light salt water or honey water on an empty stomach in the morning, with abdominal massage or waist turning, so that the water vibrates in the stomach and intestines to strengthen the laxative effect. Drink plenty of cold boiled water throughout the day to help moisten the bowels;

5. The staple food should not be too fine, and some coarse grains should be eaten appropriately;

6. Before going to bed every night, massage the abdomen to correct the bad habit of irregular bowel time and develop the habit of regular bowel movements;

7. Keep your mood comfortable and have a regular life.

5. How to prevent constipation

1. Avoid eating too little or too fine food, lack of residues, and reduced stimulation of colonic motility.Eat more laxative foods such as bananas, cabbage, bean sprouts, apples, hawthorn, etc.

2. Avoid disturbing bowel habits: due to mental factors, changes in life rules, excessive fatigue from long-distance travel, etc., it is easy to cause constipation.

3. Avoid the abuse of laxatives: The abuse of laxatives can weaken the sensitivity of the intestines, form dependence on certain laxatives, and cause constipation.

4. Arrange life and work reasonably, and combine work and rest. Appropriate cultural and sports activities, especially the exercise of abdominal muscles, are conducive to the improvement of gastrointestinal function, and are more important for sedentary and inactive mental workers.

5. Develop good bowel habits, defecate regularly every day, form conditioned reflexes, and establish good bowel rules. Don't ignore the urge to defecate and defecate in time. The environment and posture of defecation should be as convenient as possible, so as not to suppress the urge to defecate and destroy the habit of defecation.

6. Patients are advised to drink at least 6 glasses of 250 ml of water a day, perform moderate-intensity exercises, and develop the habit of regular bowel movements (2 times a day for 15 minutes each time). Awakening and postprandial action potential activity in the colon is enhanced, pushing stool distal to the colon, so waking up in the morning and after a meal are the easiest times to have a bowel movement.

7. Timely treatment of anal fissure, perianal infection, uterine adnexitis and other diseases, the application of laxatives should be cautious, do not use strong stimulation methods such as intestinal lavage.

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