Constipation in pregnancy

Constipation in pregnancy Causes:
Constipation is one of the common disease in pregnant women. The most important causes of Constipation in pregnant women is hormones. Women's menstrual cycle and ovulation are mainly due to luteinizing hormone and follicle hormone control. From ovulation to menstruation, luteinizing hormone play a major role, but luteinizing hormone can inhibit enterokinesia. Reduced enterokinesia is a direct causes of constipation in pregnancy.

The function of luteinizing hormone is enhanced during pregnancy, and along with growing during pregnancy, has been to continue until four months of pregnancy when termination is vomiting. So easily occur Constipation at this time. And vomiting during this period and not pregnant as a result of reduced appetite, resulting in less volume of the stool, constipation easier occur.

When 4-6 months pregnant, the role of luteinizing hormone decreased, constipation may be eased. By 6 months of pregnancy, pregnant women because of increased uterine, intestinal pressure, constipation is probability happened again. This time, the abdominal blood vessels in pregnant women have been oppressed, poor blood circulation in legs, hemorrhoids, if triggered, the situation is even worse.

Throughout the pregnancy for fear of the affected intra-abdominal fetus, pregnant women in general lack of movement is also one of the cause of constipation.

Constipation in pregnancy Risk:
1. intestinal toxin accumulation can occur within the gut-derived sepsis, the body caused by very serious consequences, on the embryonic development of the infant caused by the impact of serious and even lead to the occurrence of fetal malformation.

2. the relationship between constipation and breast cancer:
Which abnormal breast development in women with constipation accounts for 23.2%, and constipation in the absence of only 5.1 percent of women, there are significant differences between the two.

In addition, make long-term constipation and intestinal absorption of toxins into the milk accumulated, causing infant diarrhea, infant growth and development impact.

3. late pregnancy, constipation will become more and more serious, and often a few days without a bowel movement, or even 1-2 weeks have not been able defecation, resulting in pregnant women abdominal pain, abdominal distension.

4. In severe cases, constipation can lead to intestinal obstruction, caused by rectal prolapse, complications of prematurity, maternal and child endangering safety. Patients had 38 weeks of pregnancy due to constipation, intestinal obstruction result in removal of most of the small intestine and intestinal necrosis.

5. the impact of childbirth. Some pregnant women give birth with constipation, the accumulation of feces in the intestine decreased fetal hinder, or even caused by the extension of labor dystocia.

6. learn from the beauty point of view, long-term acne constipation, the incidence of blister boil higher than the general rough skin, lost in Runze, pregnant women have a spot.

7. accumulation of feces in the bowel so that expansion of a bloated abdomen, on the one hand the impact of the development of the fetus, fetal growth extrusion space; On the other hand, affect the shape the United States, is the so-called one of the main causes pregnant.

Constipation in pregnancy Treatment:
1. to improve the diet of some crude fiber eat more food, to stimulate the intestinal peristalsis, drinking plenty of water.

2. eat more fruits and vegetables and other foods rich in vitamin.

3. to develop regular bowel habits, such as after breakfast.

4. suitable exercise

5. rational use of laxatives, should be guided by professional.

Prevention for Pregnant women with constipation:
1. must not be too fine to eat, eat more foods rich in fiber.

2. develop regular bowel habits.

3. fasting every day after getting up drink a glass of warm water, and the role of stimulating peristalsis.