Constipation

축소 확대

It is referred to as the case in which bowels are not satisfactory if bowel habit is slowly or rapidly
altered for any reason.

Symptoms

If you feel discomfort with longer bowel cycle than usual or you don’t feel refreshed even if you go to the bath room.
If the stool is hard and you feel pain around anus upon bowel movements, or if you feel heavy and
unpleasant in lower abdomen.
It consists of spastic constipation in which small and thin bowels are coming out, and atonic constipation formed
because proper bowel movement has not been made.

Constipation caused by eating less(it appears in young women with weight management, children and the elderly)
Wrong bowel habits
Stress
Dehydration or overuse of laxative
Side effects caused by drugs(narcotic analgesics, antacids or some of hypertension medications and iron boost)
Secondary symptoms caused by other diseases: anal ulcer, irritable bowel syndrome, myasthenia gravis, neurological disease,
hypothyroidism, diverticulitis, hyperparathyroidism, colon cancer or bowel obstruction

Eat the appropriate amount of meals three times a day on a regular basis.
Drink plenty of water(8~9 cups in a day).
Eat high-fiber foods sufficiently.
Eat brown rice instead of white rice.
Eat plenty of vegetables and seaweed.(Eat three or more different kinds of vegetables in every meal)
Eat fruits sufficiently.
If you have pains in case of spastic constipation, do not eat high-fiber foods.
It would be helpful to eat fermented food such as beverage with lactic acid bacteria(yogurt and Yoplait).

Move as much as possible.
Those who take appropriate amount of activities may not suffer from constipation.
Take aerobic exercise(exercise with shortness of breath) for 20 minutes/ session and three times in a week.

Bowel is made by excretion of the intestine caused by the autonomic nervous system.
Thus, if you give too much strength to abdomen or you sit on toilet for long time, autonomous function of intestine
will be weakened.
If bowel movement does not start within two minutes after sitting on the toilet, you have to stand up and start activities
even if it is very uncomfortable.
You can go back to the bathroom when the intention for bowel movement appears again and you cannot bear it.
Do not spend more than five minutes for bowel movement.
Reading a newspaper or a book upon bowel movements may be the cause of constipation.
If you want to go to the toilet, do not tolerate it but go to the bathroom immediately.
This bowel habit prevents the constipation.