Common causes of constipation

Common causes of constipation include poor eating habits, insufficient drinking water, lack of exercise, mental and psychological factors, drug effects, age factors, bad bowel habits, intestinal diseases, etc. 1. Poor eating habits Insufficient intake of dietary fiber is one of the common causes. Dietary fiber can increase stool volume and promote intestinal motility. If the daily diet lacks fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains and other foods rich in dietary fiber, it is easy to cause intestinal motility to slow down, causing constipation. 2. Insufficient water is very important to keep the stool moist and easy to excrete. When the body is dehydrated, the intestine absorbs more water from the stool, making the stool dry and hard, resulting in difficulty in defecation. 3. Lack of exercise Long-term sedentary, lack of exercise lifestyle will make intestinal peristalsis weakened. Exercise can stimulate the contraction and peristalsis of intestinal muscles, promote defecation. If the amount of exercise is too small, intestinal motility is insufficient, it is easy to cause constipation. 4. Mental psychological factors long-term in tension, anxiety, stress and other adverse emotional state, can affect the autonomic nervous function, and then interfere with the normal intestinal peristalsis law, leading to constipation. 5. Drug effects Some drugs such as antidepressants, antihistamines, antidiarrheal drugs, calcium agents, etc. may cause constipation side effects. These drugs may affect intestinal function through different mechanisms. 6. Age factors With age, intestinal function gradually declines, intestinal motility will also slow down, the elderly are more prone to constipation. 7. Bad defecation habits Ignore stool, long-term hold stool and other bad habits will make the rectum less sensitive to stool stimulation, normal defecation reflex is inhibited, thus causing constipation. 8. Intestinal diseases such as colitis, intestinal obstruction, rectocele and other organic intestinal diseases can directly affect the normal function of the intestine and lead to defecation disorders.