CONSTIPATION
Constipation
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Infrequent bowel movement or difficult passage of
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Dehydration
Lack of fibre in your diet
Ignoring the urge to pass stools
Lack of physical activity
Irritable bowel syndrome
Changes in lifestyle or routine (pregnancy ,aging & travel )
Laxatives – frequent use or misuse
Specific diseases –Diabetes,stroke, thyroid disease & parkinson’s
disease
Associative problem with colon & rectum – Intestinal obstruction
or diverticulitis
Side effect of medications such as Aluminium
antacids,Antidepressents,Antiepileptics,Antipsyhcotics,Calcium
supplements,Codeine, Diuretics,Iron supplements
Hormonal disturbances –Hypothyroidism (low activeness of
Thyroid gland)
Anal fissures & Haemorrhoids- which cause spasm of anal
sphincter
Loss of body salts due to vomiting & diarrhoea
Injuries to the spinal cord, which can affect the nerves that going to
& coming from intestine.
Colorectal cancer, autoimmune diseases
In children Hirschsprung’s disease-congenital disease in which
lack of nerve cells in colon.