Constipation: How It Develops
Posted: Saturday, May 31, 2008
by Dr. Suzanne Skinner
HOW CONSTIPATION DEVELOPS
The residues of digested food empty from the small intestine into the colon in liquid form. Muscular contractions along the tube of the colon, move the contents of the colon towards the rectum. As this motion occurs, the walls of the colon are constantly at work both absorbing moisture out of the contents of the colon and absorbing waste material from the body into the colon. The longer material remains in the colon, the more moisture is absorbed from it, and the more dry and pressed together it becomes. During a bowel movement, large powerful contractions called mass movements force the contents of the rectum and lower colon through the anus.
As moisture is absorbed from a slimy medium in the colon, the medium becomes sticky. As the medium is further dehydrated, it becomes gluey and glues a coating of itself to the walls of the colon as it passes through. As layer after layer of gluey feces piles up in the colon, they often form into a tough, rubbery black substance. Old feces may build up in pockets and they may coat the entire Length of the colon and small intestine as well. They do not pass from the body with ordinary bowel movements but require special techniques to dissolve the glue which binds them in the body,
MUCOID VERSUS NONMUCOID STOOLS
The slimy nature of matter found in the colon is due to the presence of mucoid material in what would otherwise be a watery medium. A stool formed out of mucoid material is a mucoid stool. A stool formed without the presence of mucoid material is a nonmucoid stool.
Because nonmucoid material moves through the body quicker than mucoid material, the bowels tend to move two or three times per day when the intestines and colon are in a non-mucoid condition. The total quantity of feces per day is much greater than when mucoid. stools are present because the feces contain much more moisture and are correspondingly less packed together. Because the feces are non-sticky, a nonmucoid stool passes out of the body very easily. The entire contents of a nonmucoid bowel movement usually seems to just drop out of the body within seconds after one sits on the toilet. A healthy nonmucoid stool is neither runny nor mushy. The feces are fully formed as they pass from the body, but, due to lack of any stickiness to hold them together, they may begin to crumble as they rest in undisturbed water. A nonmucoid stool will always break up into little pieces with a small amount of agitation, as when the toilet is flushed. Because of the longer transit time of mucoid material through the body, bowel movements usually occur no more than once per day when mucoid stools are present. A mucoid stool usually has the appearance of being formed out of lumps that have been pressed together. The more mucoid the stool, the more sticky it will be, therefore requiring longer time and more straining to be passed from the body. A mucoid stool will at best, only break into chunks when the toilet is flushed.
A borderline mucoid stool contains only a small amount of mucoid matter. The bowels will usually move once or twice per day when borderline mucoid stools are present. Borderline mucoid stools never have the appearance of being formed out of segments or lumps pressed together. A borderline mucoid stool requires little or no straining to be passed from the body. It will break up partially but not completely when the toilet is flushed. In order to judge the mucoid content of a bowel movement, the stools need to be well formed as they pass from the body. Mushy stools will always break up when the toilet is flushed, even though mucoid matter may be present, because they are not dehydrated enough for any possible mucoid matter to become sticky.
Now we can understand why nearly every member of modern society is constipated. The average person has never had a nonmucoid stool since he or she can remember and would think it strange if he or she did. Bowel function is widely considered satisfactory, if there is one bowel movement per day that passes from the body in 10 minutes. ANYTIME IT TAKES 10 MINUTES TO COMPLETE A BOWEL MOVEMENT, YOU ARE CONSTIPATED The feces are probably of a sticky, mucoid nature and have left one more layer of residue inside the colon as they passed through. A bowel movement that takes several minutes to complete may also be due to the presence of much old fecal matter in the colon . This fecal matter can inhibit proper colon functioning and impede the through passage of the fresh feces.
AUTOINTOXICATION
AUTOINTOXICATION is the process whereby the body literally poisons itself by maintaining a cesspool of decaying matter in its colon. This inner cesspool can contain as high a concentration of harmful bacteria as a cesspool under a house. The toxins released by the decay process gets into the bloodstream and travel to all parts of the body. Every cell in the body gets affected, and many forms of sickness can result. Because it weakens the entire system, autointoxication is a causative factor for nearly all disease.
PUTREFACATION (PUTREFACTION)
THE CAUSE OF AUTOINTOXICATION IS PUTREFACTION WITHIN THE INTESTINAL TRACT. Putrefaction is a process of decay in which foul odors and toxic substances are generated. Ideally, there should be little or no putrefaction happening within the body. That is, daily bowel movements should have very little or no putrefactive odor, and there should be no stagnant putrefactive material within the alimentary tract.
The amount of putrefaction present in the body depends upon how long the food undergoing putrefaction has been in the body, upon the efficiency of the digestive process, and upon what kind of food is undergoing putrefaction. The length of time food stays in the body depends upon two factors - stagnation and transit time.
STAGNATION
STAGNATION IS THE FAILURE OF MATTER IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACT TO CONTINUE MOVING UNTIL EXPELLED THROUGH THE ANUS.
When material becomes lodged in the alimentary tract, it can continue to putrefy and release toxins for weeks. Stagnation occurs primarily in the colon and is usually the body's largest contributor to putrefaction and the consequent autointoxication. The primary objective of colon cleansing is to remove stagnant material from the colon and entire alimentary tract. Doing it will sizably reduce putrefaction and autointoxication within the system.
The stagnant material in the alimentary tract is of two types PUTREFACTIVE AND POSTPUTREFACTIVE. Putrefactive matter is still moist, decaying, and releasing toxic substances. Unless removed it eventually becomes so dry and hard that it does not putrefy any further. This postputrefactive matter is very difficult to dissolve or remove.
PARASITES AND WORMS
PARASITES AND WORMS LIVE ON AND IN THIS FILTHY ENVIRONMENT. The many varieties of intestinal worms lodge themselves in the old decaying matter on the walls of the encrusted intestines. Without the presence of stagnant material to embed themselves in, (they have little teeth with which they hang on), MOST intestinal parasites cannot maintain a foothold in the body. Remove this old, putrid, decaying mucoid matter and you will flush the parasites out as well.
This is not an overnight process, it takes time and determination.
The national average of persons having WORMS is 85 percent. In my practice, the average is slightly above 67 percent. This is due to the fact that most patients that come for colonics are already health-conscious individuals who have taken great steps toward keeping this INSIDE of their bodies clean.
Living on the typical American diet does great harm to the body, especially the colon.
NEARLY EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD living in modern society today is CONSTIPATED. Yes, constipated whether they know it or not. Yes, constipated even though the bowels may move regularly every day. Yes, even people with chronic diarrhea suffer from one form of constipation.
There are two types of constipation. One type is present when the feces that pass from the body are overly packed together.
Another type of constipation is present when old, hardened feces stick to the walls of the colon and do not pass out with the regular bowel movements.
Both types of constipation are so common among the members of modern society today that scarcely anybody recognizes them as being unnatural.
Constipated bowel movements are generally looked upon as normal stools, by most people including the Medical world. HOWEVER , THEY ARE NOT NORMAL.
YOU ARE PROBABLY WALKING AROUND WITH 10 TO 40 POUNDS OF HARDENED, IMPACTED, ENCRUSTED FECES IN YOUR COLON.
John Wayne had 75 pounds when they performed his autopsy!!
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)This is the biggest pile of $%&*@$%& I have ever read concerning gastroenterology. No person who has ever spent one day in medical school could ever believe what was written on this page. There is no such thing as $%&*@$%& build up on the walls of the colon. It is impossible not only because the walls of the colon are as non-stick as teflon, but because the colon sheds its lining cells every few days. Like the skin, the inner lining of the colon is self-renewing. The oldest layers are continuously sloughed off and replaced by newer cells. All colon detox promoters are con artists connected in one way or another to the scam of selling people snake oil.
Doc! Its a very effective, highly informative and helpful article. Thank you for posting it.
Regards, Chiradeep
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