What are dangerous constipation?

Most often, with constipation in the intestine, there are no particular changes. Constipation provoke violations of the colon. But constipation is not just a short-term violation of the chair. They can be dangerous other, more serious diseases. What are dangerous constipation?

Damage stool delay

When feces hardly move along the intestine and their mass is large, and at the same time they are also dehydrated, they can damage the tender intestinal walls, in particular, its mucous membrane. Therefore, internal bleeding occurs. A person may not know about them at all until they are examined. Or you may notice blood on the toilet, on toilet paper, and only after that you can sound the alarm.

Chronic constipation with delayed stool can lead to deformation of the rectum and even its degeneration. If a person, trying to free the body from faeces, is severely strained during a bowel movement, this can cause anal fissure cracks, rectal prolapse, not to mention hemorrhoids. These symptoms are such that they aggravate the course of each other, and if they are not treated, the person becomes worse.

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Risk factors for constipation

It is more likely for a person to have constipation if he:

• Old age.
• Constantly on sedentary work.
• Bedridden.
• Diets low in fiber.
• Not getting enough fluids.
• He is taking certain medications, including sedatives, painkillers, or taking medications to lower blood pressure.
• Undergoing chemotherapy.

Women are more likely to suffer from constipation than men, and children more than adults.

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Pregnancy and constipation

If you are pregnant, you may have a fit of constipation due to hormonal changes. Later in your pregnancy, the pressure on the intestines due to the uterus increases and this can cause constipation.

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Effects of constipation

If constipation is not short-term, but chronic, it can bring undesirable changes in the body and be a serious symptom of the whole complex of ailments. If a person has nausea, vomiting, periodic abnormal stool, which lasts more than a month, as well as decreased appetite, flatulence - the more dangerous the effects of constipation. Moreover, these consequences are dangerous if the feces are delayed for a long time in the intestines.

This threatens the intoxication of the body, because fecal masses that cannot leave the anus are absorbed through the intestinal walls. And toxins are immediately absorbed into the blood. Under normal digestion, this would not have happened, the stool would be excreted.

When delays occur constantly, it causes permanent body poisoning with toxins. Then the person quickly gets tired, has a bad mood, poor sleep, he is angry and irritable, he cannot work productively.

The human immune system becomes weak, and he is at risk of a wide variety of infections. Headaches and infrequent stools - this is the result of a delay in the intestines of the feces.

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Danger of constipation

Despite the fact that constipation can be very annoying, as a rule, it is not a serious disease in itself. If he continues more and more, and especially if a person experiences stress during defecation, certain complications may develop.

Hemorrhoids or cracks in the anus can cause hard stool to stretch the sphincter muscles.

Fecal masses linger when you gather a lot of dehydrated stools, and they cannot be eliminated by normal bowel movement. You may need to help the chair get out, and do it with an enema or manually.

A prolapse of the rectum occurs when a small amount of rectal tissue falls through the anus. This condition can lead to secretion of mucus from the anus.

Lazy bowel syndrome may occur if you use laxatives often, with the result that your intestines become addicted to them and cannot return to normal functioning. Laxatives can also cause other problems, including the problem of poor absorption of vitamins and other nutrients and damage to the intestinal tract.

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