What are the effects of frequent constipation?
Constipation affects both the body and the mind. Many people feel stressed, have a loss of appetite, are not refreshed, have headaches, backaches, and a burning sensation in the chest.
In addition, the constant straining to pass stool can cause many negative consequences, such as:
– Causes hemorrhoids or ulcers around the anus from dry, hard feces scraping the blood vessels until they rupture.
– Increases pressure in the chest cavity. Heart disease patients may experience ischemia and arrhythmias.
– It increases the pressure in the eye which is dangerous for those who undergo eye and ear surgery.
– Increases pressure in the abdominal cavity, which can cause hernias.
– Weakens the pelvic muscles, causing inability to hold urine.
– Chronic constipation leading to symptoms of intestinal obstruction, including severe abdominal pain, abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, no farting, and no defecating.
What exactly is consider constipation?
Many people may have heard that constipation means having fewer than 3 bowel movements per week. But in fact, constipation does not depend on the number of times or the regularity of bowel movements. As long as you can have a comfortable bowel movement, without worrying, without having to strain, and your stool is soft and well formed, even if you only have a bowel movement once every 2-3 days, it is not considered abnormal.
But whenever you feel that it is difficult to defecate, many times you have to sit for half an hour to strain, sometimes you have to spray water, use your fingers to help, you cannot completely defecate, it feels like something is blocking it, you defecate only a little, the stool is hard and looks like pellets, the surface is rough or dry and cracked, you feel uncomfortable and full in the stomach, all of these indicate that you are definitely constipated.
What causes constipation? Constipation can be caused by many things. The main causes are:
– Improper behaviors such as eating foods with ยูฟ่าเบท little fiber, drinking less water, not exercising or moving the body, and holding in feces frequently, which up to 50% of constipation cases are caused by these behaviors.
– Straining to pass stool incorrectly. Doctors have found that 30% of constipation is caused by a lack of coordination between the muscles that control feces. That is, there is straining while squeezing the anal sphincter. When the straining is not strong enough to overcome the resistance at the sphincter, stool cannot be moved out.