What does constipation feel like?

What does constipation feel like? Occasionally constipation is okay, but long-term constipation can be summed up in one sentence: "Nine out of ten are constipated and nine are crazy, and one wants to be empty." As you can imagine, long-term stubborn constipation is quite painful!

Let’s talk about what constipation is from a professional perspective. Constipation refers to changes in the structure and function of the colorectum and anus under the action of a variety of pathogenic factors, leading to clinical symptoms such as difficulty in defecation, low defecation volume, reduced defecation frequency, or a feeling of incomplete defecation and related discomforts. A type of disease manifested.

Constipation does not mean dry stool. The stool of patients with constipation can be dry or soft. No more than two bowel movements in seven days, but multiple or even ten times a day. Constipation can also cause secondary mental and psychological disorders, such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and even suicidal tendencies.

Constipation can be divided into mild, moderate and severe constipation according to the severity. Mild constipation either lasts for less than six months, or lasts for more than six months but the symptoms related to difficulty in defecation are mild and have little impact on the patient's life and work. Conservative treatment of mild constipation is effective, such as the use of laxatives or gastrointestinal motility drugs, biofeedback treatment, and non-drug treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. Mild constipation is defined as moderate constipation if the above treatments are ineffective or have poor efficacy. Those who meet the diagnostic criteria for moderate constipation and are accompanied by mental disorders are classified as severe constipation.

In short, the feeling of constipation is really bad, I want to cry and feel uncomfortable! Are you constipated? Is it mild, moderate or severe constipation? Please don’t try to figure it out yourself. If you have any questions, see a gastroenterologist first. Great medicine can cure diseases. Preventing constipation starts now, starting from me!