Causes and Symptoms of
Constipation
Constipation: An Overview of
its Causes and Symptoms
Constipation is a normal occurrence that has been estimated to
occur to every individual in his or her lifetime. It’s been
ascertained that as we get older, we have a higher tendency to
become more constipated. People above the age forty are
particularly susceptible to this because they are at the peak
of their lives at that period.
Men in this age bracket are often achieving lots of things at
this time and hence, there is usually less time for them to eat
well, and exercise as they have a bust schedule. Therefore,
constipation in this period can be said to be caused by eating
disorders or bad eating habits. When we eventually get
constipation, how do we treat or get relief from it?
Most people are all for the laxative and enema treatments. But
feelers that we are getting from health boards all over the
world are advocating that as much as possible that we avoid
laxatives. Many people who have become very familiar with
laxatives can even swear to its ability to make an individual
dependent on it for bowel movement. The very last thing we want
is to be subject to a mere chemical.
However, to stem the continuous occurrence of constipation in
the daily life of an individual, the best thing really is to
change the eating habits. This can safely be said to
drastically reduce the incidence of constipation as most of the
constipation people get is from eating low fiber foods and
excess fatty foods.
Foods that are rich in fiber such as
wheat, bran, psyllium husks work wonders in the relieving
and consequent elimination of constipation and its
frequent occurrence.
The absence of high quantity of fluids – particularly water -
is also an important contributor. Because we are always in a
rush to achieve things, we then to for get to take at least
eight glasses of water everyday. Hence, the stool ends up not
having enough moisture to ease the passage of feces through the
colon and rectum. Another contributing factor is the bad habit
of holding back when we feel the need to “go”.
Many people think because they are busy, it can always come
later. Of course, it does come later but during that same
period, some of the toxic waste from the stool might have been
reabsorbed into the bloodstream. Not to mention the moisture
that is also reabsorbed leaving the feces hard and dry. The
victims may end up passing this feces, but there is always a
tendency that some of the feces will remain in the colon.
Hence, there won’t be a total elimination of the waste
products. If colon cleansing is not done in due time, then
there will be the incidence of toxic poisoning caused by the
reabsorption of waste into the bloodstream, contaminating the
blood, reducing the immunity of the individual and spreading
disease in the body.
Read about natural colon
cleansing.
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