老年人闲聊时,常会谈及牙齿脱落,吃饭不香,肚子发胀和肛门下坠等不适。如果调查一下他们的排便习惯,不少人是一星期排便一次,或者需要用泻药才能解出大便。大便的形状往往是又干又硬,像小栗子一样。这种情况在医学上称为便秘。我们曾对广西医科大学一附院411名老年人的排便习惯进行调查,发现下面两条可改善老年人习惯性便秘。 When chatting with the elderly, they often talk about the loss of teeth, eating unhealthy, swollen stomachs and falling anus. If you look at their bowel habits, many people bowel movements once a week, or need to use laxatives to solve the stool. The shape of the stool is often dry and hard, like a small chestnut. This condition is medically known as constipation. We conducted a survey of the defecation habits of 411 elderly people in First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University and found that the following two items can improve habitual constipation in the elderly.