As bowel movements vary from people having to use the loo three times a day to at least three times a week, no one can exactly pinpoint as to what exactly is the number for a healthy person to be using the loo.
Constipation, itself, is a symptom rather than a disease. It is a very common symptom and can affect up to one in five people. Around 2% of the world population suffers from either recurrent or constant constipation. Everyone has been affected by this at one point or other in their lives. Constipation is most common in the elderly due to changes in diet and medication as well as hormonal and body changes.
Constipation can be the result of a defected colon. If one’s colon absorbs more than the required amount of water or the muscles contract slower than usual, then the stool will travel at a slower speed. In other words, it will spend more than the required amount of time in the colon, which results in the hardening of the stool. Ultimately, this will result in a painful exit.
In a nutshell, constipation is basically a digestive disorder, where your bowel movements are infrequent, or you face difficulty in passing your stool. Typically, a constipated persn’s bowel movement will be less than three times a week.
As there is no fixed number of times a person should pass the stool, it is quite difficult to get to the roots of constipation. However, the following can be a handful of reasons which can result in constipation:
Constipation can be caused by psychological issues as well. If something went wrong during a child’s potty training time, it could affect the parent in several different ways. For this specific reason, doctors suggest new mothers to pay attention and special care to their toddlers1 during these important years. Constipation can occur when children hold the urge to go poo if they have new surroundings, for example, new home, relatives’ home, or school.
New moms also face constipation till about six weeks after giving birth. This process is completely normal. However, do consult your doctor in any case.
No matter which activity resulted in constipation, you can easily figure out if you have become a victim of constipation by looking at a few common constipation symptoms.
Constipation symptoms are pretty straightforward, in the end, it all boils down to, more or less, an upset stomach. However, there are a few others as well:
It was believed, before allopathy debunked the theory, that the waste products left behind [trapped] in the body will eventually be absorbed. It has been discovered that trapped feces can be extremely dangerous to our digestive tract and overall health as well.
All said and done; generally, constipation is more of a nuisance rather than being a serious health condition.
However, chronic constipation can lead to some serious complications such as Hemorrhoids and Rectal prolapse, or it could be a way of your body alarming you of a much more serious disease; colon cancer.
The general go-to are lifestyle and diet changes which increase the speed of one’s feces. However, if those changes fail to do the trick, there are a few others that one can follow:
Several doctors have recommended doing the “Asian Squat1” as it helps in the movement of feces within the colon.
If the above tips don”t work, then the doctor can suggest medications such as over the counter, oral laxatives, or surgery.
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