The last few episodes of the big hit TV series " Parents Love " Lao Ding suddenly passed away. What made Lao Ding, who was still playing chess with Jiang Defu in the morning, suddenly passed away? From the conversation between Anjie and Jiang Yafei, we can see that Lao Ding was suffering from dry stool and exerted too much force when he was defecating, which led to sudden cerebral hemorrhage and death. Lao Ding's sudden death hit Jiang Defu deeply, fearing that he would die of constipation. He squatted in the toilet for 12 hours a day and had to use Kaisai Lu to assist in defecation.
Why can constipation kill people? In fact, constipation is not life-threatening for normal people, but for the elderly who suffer from emphysema , heart pulmonary heart disease, hypertension , coronary heart disease and other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases , the health hazards caused by constipation will be very serious. This type of people needs to hold their breath and exert force when they are difficult to defecate, which makes the muscles of the whole body tense and blood vessels contract, which can easily lead to increased blood pressure. When holding your breath, the pressure in the chest and abdominal cavity will increase. The pressure in the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular vessels will be too heavy, which will increase the intracranial pressure, which can easily lead to rupture of the cerebral blood vessels or peripheral blood vessels, and sudden cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents such as cerebral hemorrhage and angina pectoris.
In addition, many elderly people choose to squat when going to the toilet, but the physical function of the elderly is declining Vascular has poor ability to regulate the response. Long-term squatting and defecation will lead to short-term insufficient blood supply to the brain, and dizziness will appear when getting up and standing, which is prone to fall and causing secondary damage.
is currently in autumn, the weather is dry and the body is insufficient, which can easily cause constipation, especially patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the elderly should pay more attention to their diet and routine in daily life. If you want to keep your bowel movements unobstructed and your intestinal health, you should pay attention to the following points.
Develop regular bowel movements
Determine a suitable bowel movement time (usually the easiest time to defecate is in the morning and after meals), and set your bowel movement time after you have any intention of defecation or whether it can be discharged during this period, you must go to the toilet to "squat". If you persist for a long time, you can develop a good regular bowel movement habit. Shouhuijun reminds elderly friends to try to choose to sit in the toilet when going to the toilet to prevent accidents such as insufficient blood supply to the brain due to dizziness and falls due to long-term squatting.
Selectively eat more foods with high cellulose content
In daily life, eat more foods rich in cellulose. For example, crude flour, brown rice , corn, celery, cabbage, fresh fruit, etc., increase the intake of dietary fiber and promote gastrointestinal motility. sesame and walnut kernels can moisten the intestines and can be eaten selectively.
Drink more water
Adults must ensure that the amount of water consumed by 1500ml-2000ml per day. Only by maintaining sufficient water consumption can the body ensure that there is enough water to moisten the intestines and soften the stool. At the same time, after getting up every morning, take a cup of warm water or honey water to promote intestinal peristalsis and help defecate.
Exercise as appropriate
When physical health allows, perform some exercise within your ability to promote intestinal peristalsis and promote defecation. Elderly people who are not suitable for exercise can massage the abdomen by gently pushing and pressing from the upper right abdomen to the lower left abdomen to promote intestinal peristalsis.
drug treatment
According to statistics, 70% of elderly patients with constipation clinically need to use laxatives. All the available drug diarrhea have certain side effects, which hinder the health of the elderly and can only relieve it for a while, and it has not been solved from the root cause.
. Traditional Chinese medicine divides constipation into many types. Among them, the most common type of constipation in the elderly is Qi Yin deficiency. Among them, Qi deficiency is commonly understood as intestinal peristalsis without strength and intestinal peristalsis less, so it will be difficult to defecate; while Yin deficiency refers to insufficient body fluids, which will manifest as dry stools. At the same time, lack of lubrication of body fluids, making defecation difficult.
Traditional medicine treatment of Qiyin deficiencyconstipation is usually done with both tonic and purgation. For example, in recent years, Shouhuitongdeng capsule , which is commonly used in clinical practice, the prescription contains Casta seed , Aloe vera and other components of diarrhea. It also has ginseng and Atractylodes macrocephala to replenish qi, donkey-hide gelatin , wolfberry and other yin nourishing. At the same time, there is also Atractylodesia to break the stagnation of .
Constipation is no small matter, it is related to the overall situation. Constipation is a high-incidence disease among the elderly and should be treated in time once it occurs. Maintain regular bowel movement habits, adjust diet structure reasonably, engage in physical activities within your ability, choose scientific drug treatment, and avoid misuse of drugs to aggravate the condition.
References
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