Perhaps there is no person who would have come across this ailment. Chronic constipation relate to frequent health disorders and, according to medical statistics, are especially common among young children and older people over 60 years old.
Content
Popps are situational, episodic and chronic. Based on the name, - you can guess about the reason. For example, situational or episodic constipation occurs at various situations. For example, during pregnancy, when using some products, medicines. Such constipation cannot be considered a disease. This phenomenon is temporary and passing.
More is more likely to deal with chronic constipation. On the constipation as a chronic one can speak if the intestinal emptying occurs after 48 hours and more.
Symptoms of constipation
- Intestinal emptying less often than 3 times a week.
- Small number of calories.
- Defecation requires voltage.
- Dry and solid consistency.
- Feeling after emptying that the intestine is freed not until the end.
If one of these signs is observed, you can talk about chronic constipation. There are still symptoms from the category «Optional», T.E. These symptoms are not in all suffering from chronic constipation. One of these symptoms – bloating or meteorism. This is due to the fact that the carte masses are moving slowly along the colon and gas formation increases (due to the activity of bacteria in the intestine). This symptom passes after defecation.
It is possible when chronic constipation decreased appetite and air belching. Headaches are also possible, depression. Could change skin color – from pallor, to yellowish shade. The skin becomes less elastic, diryab.
The reasons for which constipation arises
The reason for constipation most often serves. Then as a person feeds how much actively moves and t.D. In particular, constipation causes refined high-calorie food. But it is possible that the cause of constipation is the tumor of the colon. In any case, each person has different reasons. It is impossible to say that this phenomenon occurs only for one reasons. But still, the main reasons for allocating.
«Floating» Work schedule (day - night shift)
- Nervous overvoltage.
- Long sleep and as a result of the lack of time for the morning defecation.
- Reducing plant fibers in nutrition. (Vegetable fibers increase the amount of carte masses and stimulate the peristaltics).
- Eating in a large number of refined (purified) products (such food does not contain slags).
- Consumption of oily and protein animal origin. This is meat, eggs, dairy products.
- Fast food.
- Insufficient liquid volume in the diet.
- Abuse strong tea and coffee.
- «Sitting» Work, a sedentary lifestyle.
- Various drugs.
This is only part of the reasons why constipation may occur. But these are the reasons that the person himself is able to regulate (to eat correctly, to be physically active and t.D.). But there is a lot of other reasons. Constipation, as a signal or a consequence of any diseases requiring serious treatment. That is why if periodic constipation is observed, - better consult a doctor.
What to do?
If the constipation appeared recently – Do not worry. Perhaps this is an episodic phenomenon. In an emergency to apply the laxative. Then radically reconsider your lifestyle. It is necessary to increase the consumption of food fibers – Bran, vegetables, fruits. Accustomed to a certain defective time (better in the morning hours, after sleep). Do some kind of gymnastics. Better special exercises that improves peristalsis. Not get used to laxatives. Emergency may be one, two, but more – This is already overwhelming. Permanent use of laxatives can cause damage to the colon mucosa. Drink more liquid – at least 2 liters per day. If you feel that you can not cope with this problem – Professional help required.
Symptoms that require immediate appeal to the doctor:
- Grazing abdominal pain.
- Increase body temperature.
- Blood from the rectum during defecation or changing the color of Cala (black, tar-shaped).
- Nausea, vomiting.
- Pain in the area of the anal opening during defecation.
- Changing the structure of Kala (Lento-shaped).
Emergency recipes
Fruits and vegetables have a good laxative action. Try to turn on your diet to turn apricots, plum, pumpkin, beets, carrots, sauer cabbage, peas, spinach.
If you suffer from constipation - the best way to normalize this function without harm to health – bran. They need to use at least 30 g per day. Add to normal food or eat an empty stomach, previously written them in a water bath. Take bran you need to normalize the stool. Buds are available in free sale in pharmacies.
Laxatives
And if these funds already do not help, you can use laxatives. Before receiving a particular drug, carefully read the instructions. At least in order to find out what time the drug will act. There are preparations among the laxatives to be taken overnight, as emptying will occur no earlier than 6-10 hours. There are possessing a fairly fast laxative action – after 15 minutes or after 1 hour.
And one more thing to be necessary to take into account – not all laxatives act at all the same. Some can bring more harm than benefits. This applies to those who, in addition to constipation there are various diseases. Frequent use of laxatives can affect a different disease. For example, in overdose of some groups of laxatives, excessive loss of potassium occurs, which can lead to hypoglycemia. Complications from overdose may be all without exception. For example, from damage to the walls of the colon due to the frequent use of laxatives, no one is insured.
Do not forget that each drug can be useful and dangerous at the same time. Even those drugs that are made on the basis of plant raw materials (Seine and DR.). Before riding your body unknown to you drugs – Consult your doctor. Specialists do not advise you bad.
