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Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Constipation
- Medical condition (new).image
- Constipation.JPG
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Constipation in a young child seen on X-ray. Circles represent areas of fecal matter (stool is white surrounded by black bowel gas).
- Medical condition (new).field
- Gastroenterology
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Costiveness
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Infrequent or hard to pass bowel movements, abdominal pain, bloating
- Medical condition (new).complications
- Hemorrhoids, anal fissure, fecal impaction
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Slow movement of stool within the colon, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity, pelvic floor disorders
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Hypothyroidism, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, gluten-related disorders, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, certain medications
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Drinking enough fluids, eating more fiber, exercise
- Medical condition (new).medication
- Laxatives of the bulk forming agent, osmotic agent, stool softener, or lubricant type
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- 2–30%
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Research
40,845 papers- Evaluation of constipation.ReviewAmerican family physician · 2002Arce DA, Ermocilla CA, Costa H
- Constipation of anorectal outlet obstruction: pathophysiology, evaluation and management.ReviewJournal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2006Andromanakos N, Skandalakis P, Troupis T et al.DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04333.x
- New Options in Constipation Management.ReviewCurrent oncology reports · 2015Davis M, Gamier PDOI: 10.1007/s11912-015-0481-x
- [Constipation in Patients with Incurable Cancer - Recommendations of the German S3 Guideline 'Palliative Medicine'].ReviewDeutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2016Wirz S, Simon S, Frieling T et al.DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-101899
- Non-Digestible Oligosaccharides and Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials on Stool Frequency, Stool Consistency, and Fermentation Biomarkers.Nutrients · 2025Chen H, Ren J, Wang L et al.DOI: 10.3390/nu17203246
- Constipation and fecal impaction in the long-term care patient.ReviewClinics in geriatric medicine · 1988Alessi CA, Henderson CT
- [Constipation].Soins; la revue de reference infirmiere · 1966Arnal J
- The causes and nursing management of constipation.ReviewBritish journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing) · 1996Norton CDOI: 10.12968/bjon.1996.5.20.1252
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- The itinerary of a breakfast; a popular account of the travels of a breakfast through the food tube and of the ten gates and several stations through which it passes, also of the obstacles which it (14592984369).jpg
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C37930
- Commons category
- Constipation
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- Constipation
- ICPC 2 ID
- D12
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0019180
- ICD-9-CM
- 564.0
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