There are “little tricks” for pooping, but you may not know any of them. Come in and learn them!

Defecation is something that almost everyone has to do every day, but did you know that there are actually some skills to doing it!

01

Squatting is better

This is not difficult to understand. Humans have existed for millions of years, but toilets have only been used for more than 2,000 years. The ancient Romans were the first to use toilets, and the Chinese have been using toilets for a relatively shorter time.

Over millions of years of evolution, the bones, muscles and other structures around our anus are more suitable for defecation while squatting . The appearance of toilets in just over 2,000 years is not enough for our body structure to change enough to adapt to toilets. Although toilets seem to be more advanced and more comfortable to use, squatting is actually more unobstructed.

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02

Don't squat on the toilet

Although I just said that squatting is good, you should never squat on the toilet .

The reason for doing so is that many people feel that the toilet is not clean when they stay in a hotel or go to a public toilet in other places, and they are afraid of causing harm to their health, so they choose to squat on the toilet. However, please remember that the toilet is definitely not as strong as you think, it will really break. When our buttocks sit on it, the force area is large, and it is not so easy to break, but it is not certain if we step on it with our feet. If this thing breaks, the broken end is like a knife or an axe. If you fall on it, the consequences will be very serious!

03

The shorter the bowel movement, the better

When defecating, the rectal cavity has high pressure, which can lead to hemorrhoids, or what we commonly call "hemorrhoids". Therefore, the longer the defecation time, the more problems it will cause. Moreover, even if the feet are numb from squatting, it may cause people to fall. Therefore, it is necessary to shorten the defecation time. Mobile phones, newspapers, iPads, etc., which are not necessary for defecation, should never appear in the toilet.

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As for how long the bowel movement time should be limited, there is actually no clear and strict standard, but doctors often say that you should try to control it within 3 minutes , which is actually useful. If there is no time limit, it will be inconvenient for everyone to implement it.

04

Family members with coronary heart disease

Nitroglycerin is essential

Coronary heart disease is now a very common disease, and straining to defecate when the stool is dry is a trigger for angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, which hides a great risk. Generally speaking, patients with coronary heart disease know that taking a tablet of nitroglycerin sublingually is a very effective treatment method when the disease occurs, so they usually carry this medicine with them.

However, going to the toilet is different from going out. No one dresses up neatly to go to the toilet. If a heart attack is triggered by dry stool or straining to defecate, the medicine will not be ready. So in order to avoid this tragedy, if someone in your family has heart disease, you must keep a bottle of nitroglycerin in the toilet .

Finally, let's summarize a few tips for defecation: first, squat as much as possible; second, don't squat on the toilet; third, make quick decisions; fourth, patients with coronary heart disease should put a bottle of nitroglycerin in the toilet. Have you learned it?

This film is a work supported by the Science Popularization China Starry Sky Project

Produced by: Sun Yifei

Reviewer: Li Dongbing, deputy chief physician of anorectal surgery, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Produced by: China Association for Science and Technology Department of Science Popularization

Producer: China Science and Technology Press Co., Ltd., Beijing Zhongke Xinghe Culture Media Co., Ltd.

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