Does habitual constipation lead to cancer?

Habitual constipation generally does not lead to cancer.

Habitual constipation may be caused by too little food intake, too fine food intake, or prolonged mental depression, often taking laxatives and other reasons. Most patients after diet conditioning, exercise, drug therapy, psychotherapy, the disease can be cured, generally will not develop into cancer. However, habitual constipation for a long time has not been improved, may increase the incidence of rectal cancer, colon cancer.

It is recommended that patients adjust the dietary structure in time, eat more food with high dietary fiber content, promote intestinal motility. Usually drink warm boiled water, develop the habit of defecating on time.