How to effectively prevent constipation?

To a certain extent, constipation can be prevented by maintaining a reasonable diet structure, ensuring adequate drinking water, exercising properly, forming the habit of regular defecation and maintaining a good attitude. It is suggested to develop good living habits to avoid affecting your health.

1, maintain a reasonable diet structure: the intake of celery, corn, bananas, grapefruit and other foods with high fiber content can be appropriately increased in the diet to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. Try to avoid overeating spicy and greasy food, so as not to increase the digestive burden. You should also avoid overeating rice, refined noodles and other foods, so as not to reduce gastrointestinal peristalsis and lead to constipation.

2, ensure adequate drinking water: daily should ensure adequate drinking water, moisten the throat, lubricate the intestines, avoid dehydration, but also prevent constipation caused by dry stool.

3, proper exercise: avoid sedentary, long standing, appropriate abdominal massage, or physical exercise, can keep the body's metabolic rate stable, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, excrete feces, and prevent constipation.

4, develop the habit of regular defecation: should develop good defecation habits, try to defecate regularly, avoid going to the toilet for too long, avoid frequent restraint of defecation, can promote the intestinal tract to form conditioned reflex to a certain extent, which is conducive to defecation.

5, maintain a good attitude: daily should maintain a stable attitude, feel comfortable, avoid excessive mental stress affecting defecation, but also prevent constipation.

In addition, active treatment of primary disease and standardized medication under the guidance of doctors can also help prevent constipation. If persistent constipation occurs, it is recommended to go to the gastroenterology department in time, and use drugs to improve symptoms under the guidance of doctors to avoid increasing the burden of self-medication.