便秘是老年人常见的一种疾病。出现便秘的有些老人不是寻找病因治疗根本,而是靠长期服用泻药来解除痛苦,这是十分错误的。 泻药治疗便秘只能起到一种暂时性作用,若长期使用则降低肠壁神经感受细胞的应激性,日后即使肠腔内有足够的粪便也不能产生正常蠕动和排便反射,以致不服泻药就难以排便,造成恶性循环,日久可形成顽固性便秘。 如果排便习惯一向正常的老人,无原因而发生顽固性便秘,或大便变细时,应及时到医院做大便常规化 Constipation is a common disease in the elderly. Some elderly people with constipation are not looking for the root cause of the cause, but rather rely on long-term use of laxatives to relieve the pain, which is very wrong. Laxatives can only play a temporary role in the treatment of constipation, if the long-term use of nerve cells to reduce the wall of the wall of stress, even in the intestine after enough stool can not produce normal peristalsis and defecation reflex, Difficult to defecation, resulting in a vicious cycle, over time can form intractable constipation. If the usual toilet defecation habits of the elderly, no reason for stubborn constipation, or thinning, should be promptly to the hospital for stool routine