Constipation
This condition is caused by the presence of several causes or problems that occur in the human body. Constipation does not indicate the presence of a disease, It increases with age, usually laxatives are used to purify the body, and rid them of constipation.
Causes of constipation
- Congenital megacolon: This disease accompanies the person since birth to have a congenital defect in the colon, constipation is the result of dysfunction in the nerves of the digestive system, or the existence of cystic fibrosis disease, and this disease transmitted by inheritance, and is the presence of constipation in the person.
- Metabolism: Hypothyroidism, diabetes, hypothyroidism, high potassium and calcium levels in the body, kidney disease.
- Diseases of the large intestine: colon cancer, rectal cancer, anal incision.
- Medicines: Antidepressant drugs, high pressure medications, diuretics.
- Pelvic muscle prolapse.
- Problem in the colon: a decrease in the movement of the large intestine, the occurrence of injuries in the nervous system of the colon.
Diagnosis Constipation
In all cases where people are still constipated, consult your doctor and search for the cause of constipation by performing blood tests, performing an endoscopy, using barium syringe, anal pressure examination, depiction of defecation, pelvic muscle electrophoresis, A small balloon to the rectum until the muscle elasticity is checked, and find out how much pain is produced.
constipation treatment
- Change in the nature of food: Foods containing fiber help to get rid of constipation in the body, and is also recommended to eat foods such as grains and fruits because of the fiber in them.
- Laxatives.
- Behavioral therapies such as hypnotism, psychotherapy, all these methods to treat constipation and bowel function well.
- Complementary medicine: dietary patterns, homeopathy.
- Colostomy: When the condition worsens, a part of the colon is cut.