It is very dangerous for the elderly to squat the toilet for a long time to induce hemorrhoids
people age, a variety of physical function decline, not only inconveniences, even squatting the toilet may become a very dangerous thing. Luo Chenghua, director of the colorectal anus surgery in Beijing Shijitan Hospital, CMU, said that many elderly people have constipation, squatting toilet time long, such as not much attention, may happen accident.
Luo Chenghua pointed out that the elderly squatting toilet has the following risks: first, inducing hemorrhoids. Long term constipation, diarrhea, long squat, can cause increased abdominal pressure, resulting in the lower end of the rectum or the anal canal skin venous blood flow backflow, varicose regiment, forming hemorrhoids. Two is the induction of anorectal rectum or prolapse of the uterus. The former refers to the temporary removal of the full rectum or rectum mucosa from the anus. The latter is due to the lack of estrogen secretion after female menopause, the atrophy of the pelvic muscles, the decrease of elasticity, the decrease of the elasticity of the ligaments of the uterus, the relaxation of the whole pelvic floor, the loss of the uterus and the prolapse of the uterus easily downward.
it is particularly important to note that patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, if they are squatting for a long time and stand quickly after the end of the defecation, can easily induce transient ischemia caused by changing the position of the body, and have dizziness, eye flower and fall, and should stand slowly after the toilet. In addition, the elderly often have arthritis, because the cartilage surface of the knee is damaged, often cause squatting difficulties. Therefore, the elderly should choose toilet, if the condition is not convenient, you can buy a stool.