What is the reason for constipation?

Modern people often have constipation, which is sometimes caused by focusing too much on the phone, resulting in the loss of the urge to defecate, but for many people it is because the stool is dry and lumpy, making it difficult to pass. So what is the reason for difficulty in defecation? Generally speaking, it is mainly because the feces stay in the body for too long and the water is absorbed; some people have difficulty in defecation due to pathological changes in the body's organs, such as intestinal tumors, inflammation, etc. The following is a detailed introduction.

What is constipation?

Difficult bowel movement is also called constipation: feces stay in the intestinal cavity for too long, and a large amount of water is absorbed by the intestinal wall, causing the feces to become dry, hard, and difficult to defecate. There are two types of constipation: functional constipation (such as multiple pregnancies, excessive obesity, old age and frailty, pregnancy, etc.) and organic constipation (such as tumors, intestinal adhesions, anal fissures, hemorrhoids, etc.). The former should eat more food containing residue, drink more boiled water, drink a glass of light salt water every morning, and develop the habit of defecation on time; the latter should receive corresponding etiological treatment.

What to do if you have difficulty defecating

What should I do if I have difficulty in defecation? Difficult defecation, also known as constipation, is a common disease caused by various causes. Patients often have dry stools, difficulty in defecation or a feeling of incomplete bowel movements. When laxatives are not used, the number of times the stool is completely emptied is significantly reduced. Difficulty in defecation or constipation is not a disease, but a symptom of multiple diseases. In other words, constipation refers to the state of difficult defecation, including two situations: dry stool and difficult defecation and wet stool.

Causes of constipation

1. Dietary factors: If the diet is small and refined, with little crude fiber food, it takes a long time to form feces, and most of the water is absorbed, so the feces are dry and difficult to excrete.

2. Lesions of the nervous system: Sacral nerve or spinal cord injury, spinal cord problems, multiple sclerosis, etc. can lead to nerve conduction disorders and cause difficulty in defecation.

3 Intestinal lesions: Colorectal malignancy, chronic proliferative intestinal inflammation, intestinal adhesions after surgery, etc. can all cause the intestinal cavity to narrow and make feces difficult to excrete. Constipation caused by intestinal diseases has some manifestations of intestinal diseases. For example, the symptoms of colorectal malignancy include mucus and blood in the stool and a feeling of incomplete defecation in addition to constipation.

4. Bad bowel habits, no regular bowel movement: Due to busy work, business trips, and irregular lifestyle, even if you have the urge to defecate, you hold it in because the surrounding environment does not allow it. Over time, the rectum's sensitivity to fecal pressure decreases, resulting in a lack of the urge to defecate. This is often one of the most common complaints of patients with constipation. Some people read books or newspapers while squatting on the toilet, which is not conducive to the continuity of the defecation reflex and makes the defecation time too long.

5. For the elderly, the weak, and those who have been bedridden for a long time, the contraction force of the many muscles that assist in defecation is weakened, so although the feces are not dry, they are difficult to excrete. In middle-aged and elderly women, due to the relaxation of the perineum, the abdominal pressure increases during defecation, which makes the anterior wall of the rectum easily protrude forward. During defecation, the pressure is directed toward the rectum instead of the anus, and feces accumulates in the protrusion, causing outlet obstruction.

What are the dangers of not treating constipation?

1. Abnormal defecation, 96% of toxins will be repeatedly absorbed by the intestines, resulting in intestinal aging;

22. The intestine is the first protective barrier of the human body. Difficulty in defecation leads to the shedding and lesion of the intestinal mucosa, which is the fundamental reason for the continued high incidence of rectal cancer in recent years.

33. Dry and difficult stools are a major cause of many diseases, especially for the middle-aged and elderly. Excessive force when going to the toilet can easily induce sudden cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. This is the reason why "many people die on the toilet";

44. The intestinal lymph nodes account for 70% of the body, and the intestine is the largest immune organ in the human body. Intestinal aging directly leads to a decline in immunity, and colds, high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will follow.