Constipation is defined as a difficulty emptying the bowels. More specifically, this means having less than three bowel movements per week and/or having hard and dry stools. Constipation can be chronic or only happen from time to time, and may be caused by diet, medication or pregnancy.
Between 12% and 19% of Canadians suffer from chronic constipation.
Symptoms
- Feeling of abdominal bloating
- Gastrointestinal discomfort
- Gas
- Indigestion
- Decrease in frequency of bowel movements
- Hard and dry stools that are difficult to expel
- Loss of appetite
- Pain or pressure in the stomach
- Rectal bleeding following exertion
Types
- Slow transit constipation
- Evacuation constipation
Complications
- Hemorrhoids
- Anal fissures
- Bowel obstruction
- Fecal incontinence
- Fecaloma (accumulation of dry stools in the rectum)
- Rectal prolapse (the rectum wall slides out of the anus)
- Diverticular disease (hernia in the intestine)
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