便秘的国内流行病学研究进展

Internal progress of epidemiology study on constipation

便秘是由多种病理因素引起的一种临床常见症状。由于便秘很少导致住院或死亡 ,因此它对健康的危害常被忽视。国内陆续有一些便秘流行病学方面的报道 ,普遍认为年龄、性别、职业、文化程度、心理障碍、滥用泻药、不良排便习惯等是便秘的危险因素。由于便秘严重影响患者的生活质量 ,严重者可引起心脑血管意外 ,甚至在直肠癌的发病中有重要作用 。

Constipation is a common clinical symptom caused by different pathological procedure. Constipation seldom results in hospitalization or death, so its harm to healthy are neglected. There are some internal epidemiology reports on constipation in sucession, which age, sex, job, culture level, psychologic obstacle, abuse cathartic, bad bowel evacuation habit and soon were risk factors of constipation. Constipation may influences quality of life seriously, or results in cardia cerebral vessels accident, even plays an important role in rectal cancer episode. Therefore, early prevention and reasonable treament will relieve serious sequence caused by constipation.