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Acupoint Application Combined with Acupoint Massage for Treating Constipation in a Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: August 18, 2023
[Constipation - natural methods of the treatment with regard to physiotherapeutic procedures]
Jarosław Pasek1, Wojciech Latos2, Grzegorz Cieślar2
1Instytut Wychowania Fizycznego, Turystyki i Fizjoterapii, Akademia Im. Jana Długosza, Częstochowa, Polska, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny W Katowicach, Wydział Lekarski z Oddziałem Lekarsko-Dentystycznym w Zabrzu Katedra I Oddział Kliniczny Chorób Wewnętrznych, Angiologii i Medycyny Fizykalnej, Bytom, Polska.
Abstract:
The constipations belong to the most frequent intestinal dyspepsia ailments in the industrialized populations. Alimentary canal answers for the correct admission and digesting foods, their absorption and dismissing. In case of disorders relating dismissing the names a constipation, discomfort in everyday life constrain ill's to modification style of life and nourishing, as well as the frequent contact with a doctor or the specialist medical care. The etiology of constipations stool is multifactorial, what requires multidirectional therapeutic conduction. The name of constipation is dismissing of stool defines (seldom than 3 days), be unusually the made difficult of act defecation connected with the presence sale hard and compact stool. Not infrequently the dismissing of incomplete evacuation lace-up by ill with feeling of dysfunction. The constipations most often step out in relationship with excessive contractibility of intestine - spastic constipations, be with reason of excessive atony of intestine - atonic constipations where sale weak peristalsis is the creature of constipations. In this work was the selected non - pharmacological methods in the treatment of constipation with regard a physiotherapeutic conduct introduced.
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