The old people's body gradually weakens and their gastrointestinal digestive function declines. If they don't pay more attention to their diet, they will easily suffer from constipation. If they can't discharge their feces for a long time, they will easily affect their health. So how can the old people relieve constipation?
How to relieve constipation of the elderly
1. Insist on food therapy
Eat more fruits and vegetables, such as cucumber, tomato, radish, spinach, cabbage, etc. The daily intake of vegetables should be more than 500g. The ratio of fruits and vegetables to grain should be two portions of fruits and vegetables and one portion of grain. The purpose of this is to keep the food rough and in its natural form, so as to stimulate the contraction of intestinal smooth muscle without tension, increase the intestinal peristalsis, and facilitate the excretion of stool.
2. Insist on drinking more water
If constipation is caused by insufficient drinking water, drinking water should be regarded as taking medicine and drinking a cup of cold boiled water or light salt water on an empty stomach every morning. It is also helpful for constipation to form drinking habits at ordinary times.
3. Stick to sports
Walking or jogging in the morning and evening is beneficial to the recovery of colonic tension. Deep breathing exercise can also play a role in self massage of the intestine. Such physical therapy can improve the tension of the colon and increase the peristalsis of the intestine.
4. Defecate regularly
Form the habit of defecating regularly, preferably 20 minutes after breakfast. Drink 500ml of water before defecation and walk for 10-15 minutes. At first, even if you have no intention to defecate, you should squat in the toilet for 10-20 minutes according to the time you set. Defecation is a coordinated action of the whole body under the control of the central nervous system. When defecating, you should pay attention, not read newspapers or think about problems.
5. Insist on massage
Acupoint pressing method, that is, when defecating, use the left index finger to press the left Tianshu acupoint (about 3cm to the left of the umbilicus, 1cm straight down), when there is obvious feeling of acid swelling, press and hold it still, after holding for 10 seconds, you will feel defecation, and then cooperate with breath holding to increase the abdominal pressure, you can defecate. If it is not effective at one time, it can be repeated several times until defecation.
6. Drug conditioning
If necessary, use some light cathartic, take 15 ml glycerin or paraffin oil every night, or make tea with 3 G senna leaf, or take hempen pill, Shangqing pill, Niuhuang Jiedu tablet, etc.
Bad habits leading to constipation
1. Do not form the habit of regular defecation, ignore the normal defecation intention, the defecation reflex is inhibited, causing constipation for a long time.
2. The diet is too fine and less dregs, lack of food fiber. Due to the lack of fiber, the volume of feces will be reduced, the viscosity will be increased, the movement in the intestine will be slow, and the excessive absorption of water will lead to constipation.
3. Insufficient liquid intake.
4. Obesity, inactivity, especially lying in bed or in a wheelchair due to illness, lack of sports stimulation to promote the movement of feces, ingestion itself can not push feces forward, in the case of having to rely on the help of medical staff to cause defecation, if the patient has defecation intention, it can not provide the opportunity of defecation, the defecation impulse disappears, it is not easy to defecate.