Which is better, defecating three times a day or defecating once every three days?

It is normal to defecate three times a day or once every three days, as long as there is nothing abnormal in your body. However, with the increasing pressure of people's work and life, many people have various intestinal problems, such as constipation once every three days and diarrhea three times a day, which will do some harm to their health. If you suddenly change your bowel habits, you should pay attention to it and go to the hospital in time.

Intestinal flora imbalance can cause constipation. The feces discharged by a healthy body should contain about 80% water, which moistens the feces and is conducive to the rapid excretion of feces. The water in the intestine needs stable beneficial bacteria to adhere to it. Once the flora in the intestine is out of balance, the feces in the intestine will become very dry, thus forming constipation.

The immunity in the intestine will also decrease, and the excretion of feces requires the peristalsis of the intestine. Once the intestinal peristalsis is slow, these feces will exist in the body and cannot be excreted normally. The intestine will continuously absorb the water in the feces, resulting in dry and hard feces. Bacteria in feces will continue to multiply to form toxins, and toxins absorbed by intestines will be transported to various organs of the body through blood. Therefore, severe constipation will cause harm to various organs of the body and cause the risk of various diseases.

Let's start with defecation three times a day. If it is because the immunity of intestinal flora decreases, there will be inflammation in the intestine, which is often called enteritis. Patients with enteritis often have indigestion, and they will have diarrhea with slight carelessness, accompanied by symptoms such as low fever and abdominal pain. Generally, patients with enteritis will be thin. There is nothing unusual about defecation three times a day, which should be caused by eating too much crude fiber food. Don't worry about this once in a while, just pay attention to your diet.