It has something to do with intestinal health

For each of us, the most common thing to do every day is to get up for work, eat, and go home to sleep after work. Two things are very important, that is, defecation. For most people, eating and sleeping is a particularly important thing, which happens every day. For a small number of people, normal defecation seems to be a luxury. Excessive defecation and irregular defecation belong to diarrhea. I haven't defecated for several days, and my stool is dry, which belongs to constipation. I'm often consulted by patients, doctor. My stool is often shapeless, my stool becomes thin, and my stool is a mass of shit. Why does stool have so many shapes, what is the relationship with intestinal health, and what diseases does stool shape change represent? Today we will talk about this problem. What is the shape of normal stool? The main components of our feces include water, bacteria, undigested food residues, unabsorbed dietary fiber, exfoliated and necrotic intestinal mucosal cells and so on. The formed stool is produced in the large intestine, and the undigested food residue enters the large intestine from the small intestine. In the large intestine, water is absorbed and gradually becomes feces. Normal stools should be soft, banana-shaped, and yellowish brown in color. Of course, the color of stool has a lot to do with the food you eat. The fourth stool in the picture below is the most normal stool. You can look at your stool. ? The shape of the stool mainly depends on the amount of water in the stool. Too much or too little water represents different diseases: with the decrease of water in the stool, the stool of constipation patients will become harder and harder, and finally become hard small pieces, just like sheep manure, one small grain after another. Many constipation patients, the stool is like this, because drinking too little water or the stool stays in the large intestine for a long time, which leads to excessive water absorption in the stool and finally becomes a hard dung ball. The definition of chronic constipation is that the frequency of defecation is less than 3 times a week, and defecation is laborious and fecal induration is less. Some friends can't meet the diagnostic criteria of constipation, but the stool is also hard, just like the second or third situation in the first picture. For these patients, drinking more water and eating more vegetables and fruits rich in dietary fiber can soften the stool, promote intestinal peristalsis and promote defecation. ? If you have reached the diagnostic criteria of constipation, besides paying attention to diet, you also need to develop a good habit of regular defecation. For severe patients, some laxatives can be used. There are more serious patients who may need surgery, such as patients with rectocele and slow transit constipation. Therefore, if your stool is dry and hard, you need to consult a doctor to assess the severity of your constipation and choose different treatment options. In patients with diarrhea and constipation, the water in the stool is reduced. On the contrary, if the moisture in the stool is increasing, the stool will become softer and softer, and it will become shapeless stool, and finally it may become a water sample, which is what we often call diarrhea. The pathogenesis of diarrhea is complicated, which may be that the intestinal peristalsis is too fast, which leads to the absorption of water too late; Intestinal mucosal cells are damaged, which leads to the weakening of the ability of intestinal mucosal cells to absorb water; Intestinal mucosa secretes too much fluid and so on. There are many reasons for diarrhea, which can be roughly divided into infectious diarrhea and non-infectious diarrhea. Pathogens of infectious diarrhea include bacteria, viruses and parasites. There are many causes of non-infectious diarrhea, such as irritable bowel syndrome, side effects of drugs, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, colorectal cancer and so on. ? The general treatment principles of diarrhea include changing eating habits, not eating food or drugs that are easy to cause diarrhea, and using some antidiarrheal or antispasmodic drugs. Infectious diarrhea needs anti-infective treatment. If the stool frequency increases frequently and the stool is not formed, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible to find out the cause and receive regular treatment. Alternating diarrhea and constipation Some patients may have alternating diarrhea and constipation, sometimes manifested as diarrhea and sometimes constipation, which is often caused by dysfunction of intestinal autonomic nerves, and can be seen in irritable bowel syndrome, colorectal cancer, intestinal tuberculosis and so on. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disease. IBS patients are sensitive to gastrointestinal tract, and may have symptoms of abdominal pain and diarrhea, such as exams, nervousness, depression, colds, eating spicy food, etc. IBS patients may not only have diarrhea, but also have constipation symptoms. ? In addition to irritable bowel syndrome, this change in defecation habits also needs our attention, because it may be a clinical manifestation of colorectal cancer. Tumors in the intestine can cause diarrhea or constipation, and diarrhea and constipation appear alternately. If people reach middle age, especially after 50 years old, diarrhea and constipation appear alternately, they must go to the hospital for diagnosis as soon as possible. The thinning of stool is a dangerous signal, except that the water in stool becomes less or more, which will lead to the change of stool characteristics. Another possibility, which also belongs to the change of stool shape, is that the stool becomes thinner. Everyone's intestinal diameter is different, so the size of Baba is different. However, if your stool suddenly becomes thinner, it may be intestinal stenosis, so you need to be alert to some diseases, such as colorectal cancer and hemorrhoids. Colorectal cancer, especially rectal cancer, the tumor grows into the intestine and occupies the space of the intestine, which can cause intestinal stenosis. When the stool passes, it will squeeze the stool, which will lead to the thinning of the stool, which may be accompanied by symptoms such as difficulty in defecation, bloating, bloody stool and black stool. Colorectal cancer is common in middle-aged and elderly people. If you are over 50 years old, especially patients with family history, you need to be very vigilant if your stool suddenly becomes thinner. This is probably the clinical manifestation of colorectal cancer. Go to the hospital for examination and treatment. Early colorectal cancer has a very high cure rate and can survive for a long time. ? Similarly, hemorrhoids are the same. The hemorrhoids of internal hemorrhoids grow into the intestine, which can cause intestinal stenosis and cause defecation thinning. Hemorrhoids can also be accompanied by internal hemorrhoid prolapse, bloody stool, perianal itching, dampness and other clinical manifestations. Hemorrhoids can occur in patients of any age, but they are more common in young adults. If the hemorrhoid stool is thin, it means it is very serious, so you must go to the hospital. Although hemorrhoids will not become cancerous, we should rule out the possibility of rectal cancer. Some patients have hemorrhoids and rectal cancer at the same time. In a word, the change of stool shape can represent a series of diseases, which is closely related to the health of the intestine. I hope everyone will look back at their stools after each defecation. If diarrhea, constipation, stool thinning and other changes in stool shape, you need to go to the hospital for examination, definite diagnosis and treatment. (Image from the Internet, infringement) # The truth is coming # # Qingfeng Plan # # Hello, summer solstice # Disclaimer: The above content comes from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. 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