Under certain circumstances, a person may have a defecation, regardless of his age and sex. Almost every person has this problem. How to get rid of spastic constipation, many people just do not know and start to panic.
Faced with embarrassing defecation. We must try to deal with this problem as soon as possible. Scientists believe that food consumed by a person completely leaves the body within 40 hours. If during this period there was no defecation, then the person has a deviation from the norm, which requires treatment. If there is a real delay of defecation, you should immediately seek help, since it is better to treat a spastic constipation in a timely manner. This will avoid problems in the future.
Before starting treatment, it is necessary to recognize in a timely manner a spastic constipation, the symptoms of which differ from other pathologies.
Symptoms of Constipation Constipation
Many people believe that it is necessary to visit the toilet daily. If the emptying is delayed for more than 24 hours, people consume laxatives. Such self-medication can cause a serious illness. It should be noted that the frequency of defecation in each person may differ in time. Therefore, the delay of defecation for more than one day is not a deviation.
In most cases, the symptoms of spastic constipation may be different. It depends on what ailment was caused by a violation of the stool. There are cases when, in addition to violation of defecation of other symptoms may not manifest. Despite this, you need to pay attention to the fact that this disorder of the stool has certain symptoms and only then will a correct treatment be prescribed.
For the disease of spastic constipation the following symptoms are characteristic:
- Defecation is absent for 48 hours;
- The amount of feces is very small;
- There is a feeling that the intestine has not been emptied until the end;
- The consistency of the car becomes firm, dry and has the shape of a small ball;
- There is pain in the abdomen;
- Pathology can promote the appearance of bloating and flatulence. In addition, the swelling can reflexively affect the heart and other organs;
- Skin may become pale;
- The patient's appetite decreases, and there is an unpleasant taste in the mouth and an eructation.
Treatment of spastic constipation
After all the symptoms have appeared, you need to seek medical help from a doctor. Since curing spastic constipation, at home is more difficult, it is best if the therapy is prescribed by a specialist. There are cases when self-medication was also helped by laxatives with spastic constipation. It all depends on what caused the disorder of the stool.
If the diagnosis is confirmed the treatment should be prescribed according to the identified disease. When there is a spastic constipation, what to do first of all many simply do not know. It is recommended to make a menu, excluding from your diet all harmful and irritating intestines, foods. You also need to drink a lot of fluid, then the treatment will be more effective.
In the event that there was a spastic constipation in a child of 3 years, treatment will not do without a warmer, which is placed on the stomach. Thanks to the warming effect, the baby will be able to empty his bowel. It is also recommended to resort to a massage, which is performed clockwise by the palm and fights some symptoms. If everything is done correctly, a stool disorder in a child will pass quickly and the treatment will be short. One should not forget that there are cases when the treatment lasts more than one week, but it happens, only with severe ailments. Worst of all, if the spasmodic constipation has not shown its symptoms and treatment in children can drag on. This is due to the fact that a late-identified hard stool can cause serious complications.
Treatment of spastic constipation in adults is most often performed with the use of medications. Thus, you can quickly cope with the problem. With severe pains that occur in the abdomen that caused the disease, antispasmodics can be the only remedy that alleviates the condition of the patient. Most often, doctors prescribe dipzolitic dibazol for spastic constipation. This drug is prescribed to adults. Pregnant should avoid this drug.
In some cases, drugs for spastic constipation can help more than traditional medicine. Most often, when symptoms appear, patients are prescribed:
- Bisacodyl;
- Ferrolax;
- Macrogol;
- Atropine;
- Microlux;
- Sennosides.
In order not to cause violations of defecation, you should take vitamins and drink fresh natural juices. It is also better to perform prophylaxis, since getting rid of spastic constipation will be more difficult than preventing it from appearing.
Everyone should remember that spastic constipation is an ailment, which means that the treatment is simply necessary, and then the symptoms of the disease will not break the habitual way of life.