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Constipation can also lead to blindness and myocardial infarction

Can constipation also lead to blindness and myocardial infarction? It's shocking. The survey found that most people have a history of constipation. Maybe constipation is just a small problem for ordinary people, but it can be fatal for diabetic patients.

Diabetes is a chronic life-long disease that harms people's eyes, heart, brain, kidney and blood vessels. Its high mortality rate is in the third place after cardio cerebrovascular disease and cancer. Among the complications of diabetes, blindness and myocardial infarction are two important causes of disability and death. According to reports, diabetes is the main cause of blindness in European and American countries. The incidence of retinopathy in diabetics increased with the duration of the disease, averaging about 50%, and the disease rate was more than 30 years, the incidence rate was 95%. Myocardial infarction is the main cause of death and incapacity in diabetic patients. Hypertension and hyperglycemia are the high risk factors of blindness and myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes mellitus. Surprisingly, constipation is often the cause of such serious consequences.

Why can constipation cause such serious consequences to diabetic patients? This is because the course of diabetes is longer, because autonomic neuropathy can lead to intractable constipation. Defecation is the process of cleaning up garbage. Long term constipation can block the garbage passage and lead to toxin absorption.

Studies have shown that when people defecate hard, the blood pressure level can double than usual. However, systolic blood pressure of many patients can reach above 200 mmHg. Most diabetic patients have retinal microangioma or neovascularization. Transient hypertension can cause vascular rupture, retinal hemorrhage and blindness. A considerable number of diabetic patients with coronary artery and cerebral arteriosclerosis, constipation can cause a sharp rise in blood pressure, cardiac load increases, the probability of inducing acute myocardial infarction is greatly increased.

Therefore, diabetic patients with constipation must seek medical treatment, family members can also take enema method for patients to clean the intestinal tract. Usually, we should adjust our diet and eat more vegetables rich in cellulose, such as celery and Chinese cabbage. For diabetic patients with long-term intractable constipation, they can take purgative drugs such as Maren Runchang pill and compound aloe capsule to keep defecation unobstructed. Necessary outdoor activities can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and reduce the harm caused by constipation.