Constipation?Irregular rhythms?These 10 tips will help you

Madrid, Dec. 31 (Edizions) -

There are many people who present problems when going to the bathroom.Well because they are constipated, because they are not able to go to the WC being out of their home, because their body simply does not allow them to evacuate regularly, or because they do not know how to do it because it really never taught how to do it.

In 'your pelvic floor.That great stranger '(dome books) Mamifit's CEO, Raquel López, alerts Infosalus that it is necessary to learn to defecate correctly to take care of the pelvic floor, as well as the anorectal health of people, and avoid future dysfunctions related to the processdefecation

As highlighted, the question of the million that revolves around a correct defecation is whether the number of appropriate times is made."How many times should you go to the bathroom a day? There is no exact answer, not a concrete figure to mark normality. (...) It is discussed normality to go to the bathroom at least once a day, although it is also worththree times a day or three times a week. It depends on the normality of each one, "he clarifies.

This pelvic floor specialist recalls that the Spanish magazine of digestive diseases establishes that it is considered that a person suffers constipation if he depositions less than once every 3 days, or it is difficult for him to evacuate the feces more than one in 4 timesTo defecate.

With all this, it addresses these tips that will guide you on a correct defecation:

¿Estreñimiento? ¿Ritmos irregulares? Estos 10 tips te ayudarán

1.- Go to the bathroom when you feel the need to go to the bathroom.For some people it is not easy to defecate outside their comfort area, as at work, but according to experts it is necessary to do so.

2.- Holding the desire, as with the urine, will make the rectal reservoir of the rectum dilate and continue accumulating until the next time the sensation appears."If we repeat this action for months or years the final result will be the distal constipation. The feces will accumulate in the rectum and this will not be able to send the signal of filling to the brain, because it is what we have accustomed to it," warns theExpert.

3.- The previous section corresponds to the case of people who come to the bathroom every two or three days, even defecating sometimes only twice a week.In these cases, it is important to understand that the solution in this case is not to take laxatives or a lot of fiber, if not re -educate the rectum filling signal and always go to the bathroom before the first feeling of filling.

4.- Use the toilet correctly.Defination, such as urination, must be a passive act.The problem is that the toilets of the West are not prepared to perform defecation in a physiological way.The best way to go to the bathroom is on squatting.Only in this position the rectum will take an adequate angle, Tobogán type, for feces, and the act will be liabilities.

5.- Put on a stool at the feet.In this way, the hip will be flexed at more than 90º, creating that 'slide effect', so that the feces can slide without inconvenience.

6.- Do not lean your body forward, keep your back straight so as not to exert pressure on the abdomen."The pressure exerted by the abdomen generates a reflective contraction of the pelvic floor and, if this occurs, the anal sphincter will close, preventing evacuation. Look for the most ergonomic posture so you don't have the need to tighten," he adds.

7.- Do not tighten hard enduring your breath to make strength because the anal sphincter contracts in a reflex way when the pressure in the abdomen increases."It is counterproductive to tighten because the anus will be more closed. The more tight, the more closed it will be, so the most difficult and expensive it will be defecating and more probability we will have to injure our pelvic soil, suffer constipation and suffer hemorrhoids," López warns.

8.- Do not take your mobile, magazine, letters or work to the bathroom if your intention is to defecate."Simply see, defecates, and return to what you were doing. Spending a lot of time sitting in the bathroom generates pressure and tension in anorectal structures and vessels that could generate long -term hemorrhoids," she warns.

9.- From the Spanish Foundation of the Digestive System (FEAD) they recommend a fixed schedule to go to the WC."If you get used to going to the bathroom every day at the same time, your body will adopt this daily routine and in the end you will be ableFrom belly 3 times a week. If you don't succeed in 10 minutes, give up. You'll try again, "they add.

10.- Likewise, it emphasizes that following a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, based on the Mediterranean guideline, as well as proper hydration and exercise practice will favor a correct intestinal transit.